Santa Cruz County

The victim, who died Saturday, was a man in his early 70s who had an underlying health condition and was hospitalized March 19 with symptoms that included fever and shortness of breath.

Santa Cruz County calls on residents to avoid gatherings at beaches during the coronavirus shelter in place order.

Santa Clara has had two coronavirus-related deaths and 48 hospitalizations to date. 

Test results on Friday night confirmed the diagnosis, county Public Health Division officials announced Saturday morning.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office released new information on Wednesday in the kidnapping and killing of a tech executive last year. 

Mila was taken in the area of Front and Second streets.

Snow in the Santa Cruz Mountains caused a driver to slide off a road Thursday morning.

A man was swept into the Ocean at Bonny Doon Beach in Santa Cruz County before being rescued by officials amid a high-surf warning with 20-20 foot waves expected.

Police and emergency crews responded about 7:45 p.m. to West Cliff Drive and David Way and found an injured man below the cliff's edge.

A website based in Boulder Creek ironically had to power up the old-fashioned way because of the latest round of PG&E planned power shutoffs.

A woman died when a tree fell on her in the Pogonip Open Space Preserve in Santa Cruz on Sunday morning, according to police.

In a news release, PG&E announced that approximately 940,000 cutomers (more than 2.5 million people) will be affected.in 36 counties.

Michael Henderson, 51, of Felton, was arrested Tuesday after the sheriff's office received reports about assaults that took place over a period of time three years ago.

Zubrilina was located and taken into custody, and she ultimately admitted setting the fires, police said. 

30 years after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the rebuilding process in parts of Santa Cruz and Watsonville continues.

PG&E said the delayed outages began in the East Bay, South Bay and Santa Cruz County just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night. The process is expected to continue through midnight. 

The planned PG&E power outage has everyone coming up with contingency plans, including Cal Fire. 

The tech executive who was abducted from his home in Santa Cruz on Tuesday died of a gunshot wound, the sheriff's office confirmed. 

Sheriff's officials confirmed on Wednesday a body found near a vehicle associated with a kidnapping in Santa Cruz is that of a missing tech executive.