Dominican Hospital operator announces merger
Dignity Health, which operates Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, announced Friday that it has merged with Catholic Health Initiatives to form CommonSpirit Health.
Dinner benefits SACO student exchange program
The Slavic American Cultural Organization’s (SACO) Student Ambassador & Exchange Program will be holding its fourth annual fundraising dinner to support the program which sent its first group of seven students to Croatia and Montenegro in June.
Volunteers help with biennial homeless census
Several dozen people braved the rainy pre-dawn morning Thursday to seek out the hidden byways of Santa Cruz County and count the homeless people who live here.
Teen cancer survivor’s challenge earns $50K for Jacob’s Heart
A 16-year-old cancer survivor has become a philanthropist.
SC Sheriff’s Office: Two men, one woman involved in shooting
One person is dead and two are in hospitals — one of them charged with murder — after a double shooting in a residence high in the hills above Aptos.
Family to argue against killer’s parole
A woman who has spent nearly two decades behind bars for her part in a 1998 robbery and killing — and who was sentenced to 62 years to life for the crime — is facing a Feb. 7 parole hearing after Gov. Jerry Brown commuted her sentence early last year.
Emergency dispatchers: Man shoots two people, stabbed by victim
Sheriff’s deputies are currently responding to a report of a shooting and stabbing on Loma Verde Place off of Trout Gulch Road in the Aptos Hills.
Missing boy found safe
12-year-old Felipe Romero-Vega, was found safe Wednesday morning after going missing for several hours.
Watsonville, Santa Cruz earn high marks for smoking policies
Watsonville has earned a “B” grade for the second year in a row in its efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use among young people, a ranking that puts the South County city ahead of other surrounding cities.
Nonprofit aims to reduce & eliminate dangerous pesticides, impose buffer zone...
A state nonprofit that aims to reduce and eliminate the use of dangerous pesticides on agricultural fields in California plans to sue the agency...
















