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A Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge threw out the California Department of Transportation’s request for a new trial in a case where a jury decided a key thoroughfare in the Santa Cruz Mountains was so dangerous it contributed to the 2019 death of...

One was a girl who suffered from anxiety and fell behind academically, the other was a mechanically-inclined guy who couldn’t bring himself to do homework and ended up with failing grades. Both managed to turn things around in-class through senior year, while growing leaps...

Scotts Valley Council members remained poised, asking constructive questions, as they were told about just how bogged down some of their infrastructure improvement projects had become, during a regularly-scheduled session May 17. Staff blamed this on high turnover at City Hall and pointed to one...

When it comes to keeping community members safe, the good people at Damsel in Defense (DiD) have your back. The company, which offers self-defense products, such as pepper spray, personal alarms, portable door locks and stun guns, was founded in 2011 in Idaho, and...

Teenagers move through the world in their own way and at their own pace. While some revel in drama or art, others find inspiration in athletics. Katie Wise is in the latter category.  Having played soccer since she was 5 and volleyball since the eighth...

Every time Jeremy Paul Shreves rides the bus past the place where he accidentally killed pedestrian Josh Howard with his SUV in 2019, he says a prayer. “‘I hope to dear God that his family is OK, and that my family will be OK,’” is...

While meeting in the scorching heat at Trinity Bible Church in Felton on Friday afternoon, a group was awaiting a tour of Fall Creek where they’d receive a history lesson about the complex interplay between tan oaks, Douglas fir and coast redwoods over the...

The draft of a key traffic study that seeks to fix problems with dangerous portions of Highway 9 has been released. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is now seeking public feedback on the San Lorenzo Valley Schools Circulation and Access Study. Santa Cruz METRO...

After consecutive break-ins, Spanky’s Café in Ben Lomond is now missing an ATM. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies responded to a report of a burglary at an establishment along the 9500 block of Highway 9 on May 12. “An ATM was stolen from...

A Texas man was killed Friday afternoon when his car shot off of Highway 1 near Davenport and careened over a steep cliff into the sea. The California Highway Patrol said the  29-year-old man, from Dallas, was driving a black 2017 Subaru Outback north of...