A.J. Gonzalez case moved to February
The case of an accused child killer was postponed in Superior Court in Santa Cruz Tuesday morning.
Santa Cruz County Fair opens Wednesday
Last-minute touches are being completed to make way for the Santa Cruz County Fair.
From food stands and floriculture to arts and collectibles, the entire fairgrounds is being charged up for their five-day run.
Donna Giubbini, Fine Arts and Poetry Department Head and Chair at the...
Former R-P editor’s fifth mystery a wrongful conviction story
For years, former Register-Pajaronian editor Mike Wallace has been fascinated by wrongful conviction cases and has been compiling news stories on them. Now he’s put that interest to work in his fifth mystery novel, a wrongful-conviction story titled “I Scarce Can Die.”
CALSTAR to open new base in Santa Cruz County
CALSTAR Air Medical Services, which operates air ambulances throughout Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, and Monterey counties, plans to establish a new air medical base in Santa Cruz County.
PHOTO: Monstrous heat moves on; smoke layer to pass as well
An eerie pall of drift smoke has enveloped the Central Coast over the past few days.
Friday night at the races
Steven Allee of Santa Cruz rolled onto the staging area at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville one Friday afternoon, ready to roar around the dirt track in his stock car against several other racers.
While the April 12 race marked the fifth year he has taken...
PVUSD asking voters to support Measure M to improve school facilities
In a tiny, cramped classroom on Pajaro Valley High School’s sprawling campus on Tuesday, a group of students was taking turns on a makeshift stage expressing various emotions and personalities as dictated by their drama teacher.
One by one, the students met their challenges to...
Suspected cop killer arrested in Bakersfield
Police in Bakersfield on Friday arrested a man suspected of gunning down a Newman, Calif. police officer during a traffic stop on the day after Christmas.
Youth bands to perform in scholarship fundraiser
Be Natural Music is holding a live performance and fundraiser on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz County celebrates with parades
Thousands of people attended Fourth of July parades in Watsonville and Aptos Friday, lining sidewalks aliog main streets to see hundreds of participants. Below...