Cal Fire CZU said rescue crews in Santa Cruz County saved several people who could not get back to shore on Monday. Around 2:17 p.m., first responders in Santa Cruz County were notified about ...

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz. In May 1976, Karen Percifield, 25, was in ...

SANTA CRUZ — When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots ...

SANTA CRUZ — After a coalition of officials, organizations and community members announced their campaign to place a tax measure called the Workforce Housing Affordability Act on the city of ...

Santa Cruz High’s baseball team edged host Soquel 3-2 in a zany finish in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action to knock the Knights from the unbeaten ranks Tuesday. “They made us work for ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in south Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said.

About three decades after partial skeletal remains were discovered in a Santa Cruz County riverbed, authorities have finally identified the victim. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the Santa Cruz ...

Human remains discovered 30 years ago in Santa Cruz County have been identified as belonging to a missing New York teenager using advanced DNA technology. Laura O’Malley was reported missing in ...

You don't even spend time thinking about your personal safety. You just evaluate if you can help them,” said the Santa Cruz Fire Department Marine Safety Officer. On Thursday, Daly received the ...

LOS GATOS — Santa Clara County authorities have shared the identities and causes of death of the two men that were found last week in an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Detectives on Tuesday were trying to solve a mystery after two bodies were found in the back of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The discovery was made along Highway 35 ...