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Police arrest Santa Cruz youth football coach for child sex crimes

September 26, 2025 at 5:31 a.m.

Christopher John Weekes, 32, of Soquel, was arrested Tuesday on five counts of child sex crimes, including lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14, oral copulation...

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Missing man found dead in Santa Cruz Mountains

September 15, 2025 at 7:05 a.m.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Chaminade Resort & Spa early Monday morning for a report of a domestic disturbance. A man involved in the dispute left on...

A remote-controlled airplane that was part of a demonstration at the Fire in the Sky event at Watsonville Municipal Airport, went off course and injured two people outside of a home on Buena Vista Drive Saturday evening. It also caused damage to the home, (Photo courtesy Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office)

RC airplane injures 2 outside of home during event at Watsonville Airport

September 2, 2025 at 3:58 a.m.

According to a social media post from the city of Watsonville, two adults were injured and taken to the hospital after the RC airplane struck them.

Rabbi Paula Marcus, Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Aptos, is surrounded by other Bay Area rabbis as she speaks on Monday. Marcus was attending a press conference in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco to demand that the Israeli government let food into Gaza. Also joining from Santa Cruz were rabbis Chaim Howie Schneider and Chel Mendell. Contributed – Gen Slosberg)

Bay Area rabbis call for food to be let into Gaza

August 13, 2025 at 7:42 a.m.

Rabbis from diverse Jewish denominations and political views joined together at the demonstration to defend the Jewish value that “every human being is created in the image of the divine.”

Swiss authorities arrest Santa Cruz County fugitive accused of killing his father

June 20, 2025 at 5:11 a.m.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that 54-year-old James Smallwood was arrested in Switzerland May 29 in connection with the death of his father, 90-year-old Robert Smallwood of...

Zeke Fraser, a resident of Santa Cruz County since 1995 with a lengthy background in management and finance, is the Santa Cruz County Fair CEO and manager. (Nick Sestanovich — Santa Cruz Sentinel file)

Santa Cruz County Fair manager announces resignation

January 6, 2025 at 4:39 a.m.

The 14th District Agricultural Association/Santa Cruz County Fair Board of Directors announced Friday that it has accepted the resignation of CEO/Fair Manager Zeke Fraser, effective Feb. 2. Fraser is stepping...

Los Gatos motorcyclist dies in crash on Highway 1

November 13, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

A 62-year-old Los Gatos man died Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck on Highway 1 west of Santa Cruz.

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Woman dies after car goes down embankment at Seacliff State Beach

April 2, 2023 at 1:46 a.m.

Officials said a 68-year-old Watsonville woman died after her car went down an embankment and crashed into the picnic area at Seacliff State Beach Saturday morning.

Iconic director Alfred Hitchcock, who lived in Scotts Valley from 1940 to 1970, will be celebrated in the city’s first Alfred Hitchcock Festival Friday and Saturday. (Contributed Photo)

Alfred Hitchcock to be celebrated in Santa Cruz County festival

March 10, 2023 at 10:55 a.m.

The Hitchcock Festival in Scotts Valley will feature screenings of "Shadow of a Doubt" and "Vertigo," an interview with his granddaughter, and wine made on Hitchcock's former property.

One dead in RV fire in Santa Cruz County

December 27, 2022 at 6:36 a.m.

Officials said one person died Sunday morning after a recreational vehicle caught fire near Boulder Creek.

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