Santa Cruz

A California mother is facing charges after her 18-month-old baby died of suspected fentanyl poisoning, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The biggest threat to surfers in Santa Cruz, California, may not be a shark but a lone sea otter commandeering surfboards to ride those gnarly waves. 

Protests erupted in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, this week and continue at press time in response to the socialist government arresting the region’s governor, right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho.

A community in San Jose, California, is helping out a special education teacher who lost his fiancee in April and lost his home to the California wildfires.

As protests over George Floyd’s death enter their fifth day and tensions between protesters and the police remain at an all-time high in some areas, some police officers and sheriff’s deputies across the country are standing with the protesters.

Thousands of people took to the streets in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz on Sunday in protest this week against far-left President Evo Morales over his handling of wildfires that have ripped through swaths of the country’s forests this year.

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The bodies of four people who died when a raging fire swept through a dive-boat off the Southern California coast were recovered Monday as authorities said more than two dozen others remained missing and feared dead.

California’s Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office (SCCSO) says an armed citizen held a woman at gunpoint after she invaded a home, stole a car, and eluded police in two different chase scenarios.

This week, O’Mei Chinese Cuisine in Santa Cruz closed its doors to the public after 38 years of service after a local website revealed that owner Roger Grimsby donated $500 to former Klu Klux Klan (KKK) Imperial Wizard David Duke’s failed campaign for Senate in Louisiana last year.

Conflict emerged between protest groups demonstrating on International Women’s Day in downtown Santa Cruz, California on Wednesday, as a “Brown Squad” focused on racial issues faced off against a “less diverse” group of protesters.

SANTA CRUZ, California — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held two rallies on the Central Coast on Tuesday, vowing to tackle the political “oligarchy” of “superdelegates” in the Democratic Party.

Mosquitoes capable of carrying the Zika virus continue to spread in California.

Powerful surf brought on by El Niño has caused thousands of syringes to wash ashore at Santa Cruz beaches.

Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz is taking precautions after noticing a Navy veteran filed a $5 million suit against the U.S. government, the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park after a heavy cone from a bunya pine tree fell, striking him on the head.

The small California community of Lompico, near Santa Cruz, is perilously close to running out of water.

The city of Santa Cruz planned an emergency breach of the San Lorenzo River Monday morning as river water flooded city streets and buildings, causing extensive damage, reports local NBC affiliate KSBW.

The search for little 8-year-old Madyson Middleton in Santa Cruz ended with the discovery of her lifeless body–and the arrest of 15-year-old neighbor Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, who is being charged as an adult for the crimes of murder, kidnapping and sexual assault.

Since the Disneyland measles outbreak began in December, public health officials have called upon parents to vaccinate to vaccinate their under-immunized children and for adults to obtain a booster shot to protect against the disease. Since then, the coastal, liberal enclave of Santa Cruz has seen a significant uptick in vaccination appointments, according to local news station KSBW and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

A man facing charges for possession of child pornography was arrested again after he allegedly created a fake Facebook page for his arresting officer–and used it to distribute more child pornography.