Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

A 31-year-old Thousand Oaks man was arrested Monday night at the Palm Garden Hotel after authorities say he killed his girlfriend.

The infamous "Gone Girl" kidnapper has been accused of more Bay Area crimes.

Fleeing Pacific Palisades proved a terrifying challenge for residents as roads jammed with traffic and the fast-moving fire made evacuation routes risky.

Hundreds of miniature antique soldiers line the shelves, with crouching archers drawing bows and others bearing shields in historic scenes from centuries ago. The market for these novelties is still in demand, as employees pack and ship boxes to collectors …

Thousands of Pacific Palisades residents were urged to evacuate Thursday as a fire exploded amid intense winds.

Parts of Southern California will be slammed with destructive winds leading to possible power outages and elevating the possibility of wildfires. How to prepare for blackouts

Over $1,000 worth of stolen meat was recovered by sheriff’s deputies last week in Cupertino in what is being described as a “rare case” by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to a Safeway grocery store on Homestead Road …

This is the third time in as many months that strong Santa Ana winds have prompted Southern California Edison to cut power to its customers over fire risk.

The fire is threatening mansions on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Faced with a dangerous week of intense winds, more than 100 firefighters are battling a 10-acre brush fire that broke out in the Pacific Palisades.

The three sports talk voices, who all once worked at Fox Sports, discuss a hairstylist's lawsuit against Skip Bayless, Joy Taylor and Charlie Dixon.

IN AN EVENTFUL and somewhat convoluted day in Oakland’s civic life, Councilmember Kevin Jenkins is now interim mayor, Councilmember Noel Gallo is temporarily council president and Barbara Lee filed papers to run in the upcoming special mayoral election.The chair shuffling …

Los Angeles County leaders vote to eliminate a $400 fee for transporting and storing bodies with the medical examiner, saying families should be spared that financial burden.

An Orange County middle school teacher was arrested after a sting operation allegedly caught him sending sexually explicit text messages to an adult posing as a teen.

Gender bias led to a Central Valley mother being convicted of murder in the 2018 killing of her infant son, the California Supreme Court ruled.

On the last day of February, over 60 janitorial and custodial workers are scheduled to lose their jobs at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, a male-only state prison.   The potential mass layoff is the result of a contract dispute …

California has by law acknowledged beavers, nature's preeminent water and environmental engineers, as partners in environmental restoration.

The man at the center of the so-called “Gone Girl” Vallejo kidnapping case who was recently charged with two more sexual assaults in Santa Clara County is now being charged with an alleged kidnapping in unincorporated San Ramon, authorities announced …

Forecasters say the region this week could see the worst winds since 2011, when a massive storm cut through Pasadena and other parts of the San Gabriel Valley.

San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s appointment for a newly created public safety role faced allegations in a 2018 civil suit of abusing his authority and intimidating a man who he rear-ended in a traffic collision.Paul Yep, a former commander with …