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A new park in Boulder Creek will add a large public swimming pool for Santa Cruz Mountain communities in late 2017.

Santa Cruz METRO will provide special late-night Highway 17 Express service for select FIFA World Cup 2026 matches at Levi’s Stadium, helping riders travel between Santa Cruz County and the San Jose Diridon Station connection point before and after evening games. With large crowds, traffic,...

Emergency crews closed Mount Hermon Road in Scotts Valley in both directions for more than an hour during rush hour on Thursday, July 16 after an accident caused a 30 foot water geyser and a temporary power outage.

Following a litany of resident testimony from wildfire victims on Tuesday, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors became convinced a cleanup contractor that made a quarter-billion dollars in the wake of wildfire destruction left another disaster behind. They voted unanimously to reach out to...

At approximately 3:45am on July 3, Chief 2300, Engine 2311 and Water Tender 2350 responded with Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, and CALFIRE to the area of Felton Quarry Road for a vehicle fire involving an RV, spreading to a storage unit.

Thomas the Tank Engine had just finished carrying one of his last groups of passengers from Roaring Camp Railroads along the San Lorenzo River and back. Friday, July 29, was his first day of the first of two three-day weekends of full schedules of 30-minute rides for his fans.Then the Really Useful Engine got the call from CalFire dispatchers: They needed his help to bring an injured swimmer from the Garden of Eden swimming hole a couple miles down the track to an evacuation helicopter.CalFire would say later that the track – and Thomas – offered the fastest and most direct route for the rescue crew in the rugged mountain terrain.Thomas was up the task, taking the rescuers to the riverbank spot, then carrying them, with an injured 22-year-old woman, back to Roaring Camp. A rescue vehicle took her from there to a nearby helicopter landing area at Henry Cowell Park where Stanford Life Flight carried her to Stanford Medical Center for treatment of a head injury sustained in a fall at the popular swimming spot. She was not identified.Roaring Camp estimated that up to 30,000 people would visit Thomas and related activities on each of these special weekends. Felton has a population of about 4,000.The Thomas train is to return to Roaring Camp for two weekends in October.Hundreds of workers on these special weekends who are affiliated with local non-profits donate their wages to their organizations.They include Santa Cruz County Friday Night Live, Valley Elite Cheer, San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club, Girl Scouts of California Central Coast, and Sunrise House. The groups raise from several hundred dollars to up to $6,000 each.