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March 21, 2026

Video enabled arrest of pair accused in drive-by shooting

A Boulder Creek home surveillance video and a sharp-eyed Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy combined Tuesday to end nearly 40 anxious hours in the San Lorenzo Valley, with the arrest of a 22-year-old Santa Cruz man and an 18-year-old female companion.

Landslides can’t be predicted

A Caltrans worker explained last week why the rocks, mud and trees from the latest landslides that closed Highway 9 south of Felton were not being removed: “The mountain is still moving.”

Arrests in drive-by shootings along Highway 9

BULLETIN: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies report suspects arrested 5 p.m. Feb. 28. No further details.

March 17 date set for Vierra case appeal

The Superior Court conflict-of-interest case involving former San Lorenzo Water District Director Terry Vierra continues, with the next proceeding March 17.

SLV water district faces rate increase in 2017

The San Lorenzo Valley Water District is headed for a busy year that is likely to include another round of hearings to increase water rates.

First-hand account of wreck on Highway 17

I was headed to San Francisco on Saturday evening, Feb. 18, around 5 p.m. We were stopped in the fast lane of Highway 17 about one mile south of the Granite Creek exit in Scotts Valley.

Mudslides dash dreams

Seemingly safe inside his Felton home around noon on a stormy Feb. 7, Moss Caballero turned his head when he heard what he quickly discovered was a mudslide rumbling down the hill outside his house into Shingle Mill Creek below.

Storm turns deadly

The storms of 2017 claimed their second life in the Santa Cruz Mountains this week when a newspaper delivery man plunged his car into Kings Creek and drowned.

Storm damage total grows

Santa Cruz County caught a rare glimpse of the sun this week, while preparing for another storm to hit the region in the Sunday-Monday time frame.

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