News & Information
News & Information for the Santa Cruz Mountains, the towns of Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Felton and Zayante in San Lorenzo Valley and the community of Scotts Valley.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Santa Cruz Police investigate suspicious fires
SANTA CRUZ - Police are investigating a pair of suspected arsons that occurred Friday, including one on the library roof.
- Dancing the night away: Two Santa Cruz-area teens join marathon to raise money for pediatric AIDS groups
SANTA CRUZ - Nate Wood isn't shy about it - he likes to cut a rug. He doesn't do it competitively, just for fun.
- Branciforte community celebrates opening of new field, track
SANTA CRUZ - The weather couldn't have been more perfect for the grand opening of Branciforte Middle School's new field Saturday.
- Breaking down myths of 'unskilled work:' Ag harvesting is a craft, Watsonville's Frank Bardake says
SANTA CRUZ - Students and community members filled a UC Santa Cruz lecture hall Friday night, in anticipation of a presentation on labor and food systems.
- TV murder mystery to air Monday on Santa Cruz woman's slain husband
SANTA CRUZ - By his early 40s, Steven Wood was an accomplished mountain climber, downhill ski racer, surfer and junior high school science teacher.
- Cabrillo's Cash 4 College offers help with financial aid forms to students and parents
APTOS - It's no secret that college costs have risen dramatically in the past several years and that trend shows no signs of stopping.
- Basking shark tracked from Monterey Bay to Baja
SANTA CRUZ - Bobbing on a lonely stretch of ocean, hundreds of miles off Baja California, a device the size of a singer's microphone transmits data to a satellite.
- Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition welcomes startups
MARINA - The clock is ticking for local startups to enter the 2012 Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition.
- California likely to experience the biggest political turnover in 20 years
WASHINGTON - California will lose a measure of clout in Congress after November's election no matter which party best exploits the state's freshly redistricted regions and election rules.
- Tina Baine, DIY: Aromas' Louise Coombes, already an avid seamstress, falls hard for quilting
Although I tend to be more of a speed dater when it comes to crafts, lately I just want to move in and try living with Mr.
San Jose Mercury
- Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
The new building is on the cutting edge of green construction, and sits in the Hilton Bialek Habitat, a 10-acre expanse of plains, woods, gardens and greenhouses owned by the Carmel Unified School District.
- Dodgers ask judge to reject claims for damages filed by Stow
The Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to reject all claims for damages filed by San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow over his severe beating in a Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day of the 2011 season.
- Restitution ordered for Santa Cruz man convicted of stealing house
SANTA CRUZ -- A Santa Cruz man convicted in 2010 of stealing a Ben Lomond home will have to pay $1,895 in restitution to the rightful owners.
- Former Giants, Warriors DJ killed in Thailand taxi tragedy
Solomon Kahn, who grew up in San Rafael and went on to become a high-profile disc jockey for the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants, was killed Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand, when a taxi in which he was riding was struck from behind by a truck. He was 34.
- Coast Guard searching for San Ramon crab fisherman missing near Half Moon Bay
Officials are searching waters off the San Mateo County coast.
- Despondent transient smashes windows of two cars in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ -- A man who was apparently upset about his life used a horseshoe tied to the end of a ribbon to smash the windows of two cars, Santa Cruz police said.
- California Dental Association pulls funding to fluoridate Watsonville's water
WATSONVILLE -- Fluoride won't be flowing from city taps -- at least not in the foreseeable future.Thursday, the California Dental Association Foundation announced it would not pay to install a water fluoridation system as the price tag escalated well beyond original estimates.
- Lawmakers reverse cut to school bus funding
WATSONVILLE -- Lawmakers today approved the restoration of $243 million in school bus funding in exchange for a $42 per pupil cut statewide.
- Indicted Monterey Bay marine biologist Nancy Black denies feeding killer whales
In her first interview since being indicted on federal charges, prominent Monterey Bay marine biologist Nancy Black adamantly denied feeding killer whales she was studying.
- Furor erupts over redrawing trustee electoral lines
An intense controversy is bubbling over that pending decision — which as early as Wednesday — that could re-map some Santa Clara County School Board members out of their districts or force some to run against others to retain their seats. Charges of conflict of interest have drawn in the spouses of two trustees, as well as the County Office of Education staff and the consultants who have drawn up potential electoral maps.