Crime, Fire & Courts

Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from Monte Vista Christian School. A former Monte Vista Christian School teacher was arrested Aug. 14 on suspicion of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child who is 14 or 15. Jacob Lee, 28,...

A 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student who died after a car plunged off West Cliff Drive and landed upside down in the ocean Aug. 13 has been identified by a family member as Alli Renee Singh. Singh’s aunt, Monica Singh-Strohmeier, identified her in a Facebook...

Four men were arrested during a multi-agency undercover operation targeting individuals allegedly using the internet to seek sexual contact with minors, Monterey County Sheriff’s Commander Andres Rosas said Tuesday. Arrested were Omar Rivera Hernandez, 28, of Gilroy; Luis Cruz Jr., 32, of Marina; Andrew Jesus...

Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash on Highway 1 Tuesday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol said a white Ford SUV with several people aboard collided with an Isuzu flatbed truck with a male driver around 1pm on southbound Highway 1 just south of...

A crew from Auto Care Towing of Watsonville hooks up a large motorboat to a flatbed truck Aug. 9 in Moss Landing after the rig washed ashore. The boat owner said he ran out of gas about a mile and a half from Moss...

A man died Aug. 6 after his car veered off of San Juan Road and struck a tree. The California Highway Patrol said officers responded to a traffic crash on San Juan Road, east of Tarpey Road just after 10pm. Preliminary investigation indicates a 25-year-old male...

The Timber Fire in Big Sur has now charred 4,245 acres and has led to evacuations and the closure of Highway 1 in the area. Residents along the Highway 1 corridor from Partington Creek to Pheneger Creek and to the east remain under evacuation...

Four people were arrested Tuesday and a stolen truck was recovered following a burglary investigation in Watsonville. Officers responded to the report Monday afternoon on the 200 block of Green Valley Road, Watsonville Police said.  Officers learned that a white Ford F-150 and several items from...

Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Detectives are investigating two separate incidents involving the discovery of human remains. On Aug.1, just after 8:30am, North Monterey County Fire and Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a report of an infant that had been located near the area...

Santa Cruz Police have arrested two 17-year-old juvenile males on suspicion of firing shots at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk late Monday night.Police said that around 9pm they received reports of shots fired at the parking lot across from the Boardwalk. On arrival, officers...