Santa Cruz Police looking for stabbing suspect
Santa Cruz Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed two people Friday night in the downtown area.
Man dies in Highway 17 crash
LOS GATOS—A 22-year-old man died early Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 17 in Los Gatos.
The 2:55 a.m. crash, south of The Cats restaurant, forced the California Highway Patrol to close both southbound lanes for 45 minutes to allow for an investigation,...
County increases mental health services with FIT program
SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to expand the county’s Focused Intervention Team (FIT), which pairs law enforcement officials with behavioral health specialists and other supportive services to address high-frequency criminal offenders.
The program launched on Jan....
Suspects arrested in Tushar Atre kidnapping, murder case
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the Oct. 1 kidnapping and murder of tech executive and Pleasure Point resident Tushar Atre.
On Tuesday night Kurtis Charters, 22, Joshua Camps, 23, and Stephen Lindsay, 22, were booked into Santa Cruz County Jail charged with murder, kidnapping...
Car plunges off Santa Cruz cliff in high-speed chase
SANTA CRUZ—A man is in custody following a dramatic high-speed chase that began on the North Coast near Davenport Tuesday and ended when the suspect’s car sailed over a towering Santa Cruz cliff into the sea.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 56-year-old John Kenyanjui...
County supervisors approve Mid-County auto dealership
SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 22 approved a plan to build an automobile dealership at a busy Mid-County intersection, a project that includes demolishing several existing buildings.
The Nissan dealership on the 2.5-acre parcel on the corner of 41st Avenue...
Santa Cruz County to support lawsuit over planned ICE facility near Gilroy
Santa Cruz County plans to support a lawsuit challenging a proposed federal immigration enforcement facility near Gilroy by joining an amicus curiae brief alongside Santa Clara County and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, county officials announced Thursday.
The lawsuit seeks judicial review of a facility...
Plunging into civilian life
Operation Surf was designed as a way to offer veterans – many with missing limbs and other traumatic injuries – to challenge themselves with a safe but thrilling activity.
Building a career
At Cabrillo College, budding architects are gaining experience where many of their peers in the same major do not: by helping to build the homes they design.
Michael Watkins, longtime county superintendent, to retire
“At the end of my term, I will have led the organization for 12 years,” he said. “I believe in giving others a chance to bring new ideas and leadership to any organization.”


















