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The man who was shot Friday morning after a court dispute died from his wounds Saturday afternoon, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Cleveland said.

On the season’s first day of heavy rain, hundreds of homeless and low-income people came to the Veterans Memorial Building for a hot meal and a chance to utilize several services that normally might be out of reach to them.

The 12th annual Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza Cultural Festival unfolded Sunday at the Harbor High athletic field. The event is designed to showcase live traditional dances, dress, music and food from Oaxaca, Mexico.

Three teachers, both current and retired, are facing off in the Watsonville City Council District 7 race in November.

A Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence to send a former neurosurgeon and his female accomplices to trial on charges that they sexually abused both of the women’s children.

Twice a week, students at Sequoia Schools gather in a classroom that has been transformed into a bike shop, learning the ins and outs of bicycle mechanics while also being exposed to career opportunities.

When Paz Padilla was a recent immigrant struggling to learn English, Sister Rose Veronica gave the fourth-grader extra lessons in her tiny office at Moreland Notre Dame School.

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy who was assigned to the Main Jail was arrested Wednesday and charged with having sex with a female inmate, Sheriff Jim Hart said at a Thursday morning press conference.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three carjacking suspects Friday morning after they allegedly shot at the car’s owner, and then at a deputy who chased them.

An Aptos High School graduate who worked for an after-school program at Mar Vista Elementary School, was taking early childhood education classes at Cabrillo College and held numerous babysitting jobs, was arrested April 27 on charges he was in possession