Crime, Fire & Courts

A 16-year-old rookie California State Parks lifeguard who helped rescue a 10-year-old boy swept under by a wave at Seabright State Beach on July 25, has been invited to the White house to be honored. In a post on X, President Donald Trump praised Ryder...

A lengthy stretch of Freedom Boulevard was shut down Tuesday evening after Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies discovered a pipe bomb in a car. The incident started around 4pm when deputies conducted a traffic stop near the 2600 block of Freedom Boulevard. The deputy’s K9...

A woman was stabbed to death Monday afternoon outside the Capitola Mall near the entrance to Macy's and the mall's food court. Tyler Leibelt, 19, of Santa Cruz, was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail on murder charges later that day, where he was being...

A road rage incident ended with one man being arrested after he struck a bicyclist with his car. Patrol Officers responded to the area of East Lake Avenue and Brennan Street On July 9 after receiving reports that a person riding a bicycle had been...

A late-night bicycle stop ended with one arrest and the recovery of a loaded gun. Watsonville Police Department said that while on patrol Monday just before midnight, an officer stopped a cyclist for a vehicle code violation in the 1000 block of Main Street.  During...

Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Watsonville Wednesday morning. The California Highway Patrol said a Toyota sedan and a VW Taos SUV, both with male drivers, were traveling southbound on Highway 1 between Airport Boulevard and Main Street when...

A June 11 stabbing in Watsonville that left a man injured has now led to a fourth arrest after the investigation led detectives into Arizona. The attack happened on June 11 at the 7-Eleven on the 200 block of East Lake Avenue, where a 46-year-old...

An at-risk 12-year-old girl who went missing early on the morning of July 6 has been found and is safe. Watsonville Police spokeswoman Erika Vazquez said Santa Cruz Police located her on July 7. Willowwind Crowbear was last seen Monday morning around 1:45am on the...

Watsonville Police shove a Mazda pickup off of Freedom Boulevard Monday morning following a two-vehicle crash. Just before 11am a green Ford Ranger and a white Mazda pickup were traveling north on Freedom Boulevard. On the 1600 block, the male driver of the Mazda...

Santa Cruz County’s cities and the county government should move more quickly to improve pedestrian safety by adopting formal Vision Zero action plans and taking a more proactive approach to maintaining sidewalks, crosswalks and traffic infrastructure, according to a new Santa Cruz County Civil...