A slain 8-year-old Santa Cruz girl who was raped and stuffed in a recycling bin allegedly by a teen neighbor died from being strangled and stabbed, according to autopsy results released Thursday.

Santa Cruz >> A Santa Cruz County Sheriff”s Office helicopter crew spotted a missing 47-year-old Santa Cruz woman near Pigeon Point on Wednesday. Caroline Murphy had last been seen by her family ...

SANTA CRUZ – Television director Gwyneth Horder-Payton is on a one-month hiatus from a split life. She normally spends part of her time in Santa Cruz and the other in Los Angeles, directing s… ...

A huge rabbit, weighing 26 pounds, was rescued off a Santa Cruz highway this week after the domesticated animal somehow ended up in the wild.

SAN FRANCISCO — A Santa Cruz sailing crew rescued a man who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, delivering him safely to Coast Guard officials.

SANTA CRUZ — The “Of Men and Mavericks” crew trained its lens Wednesday on the often overlooked co-star Mother Nature as she tried to steal the show with beautiful, booming waves off Steamer ...

It was unclear Monday afternoon why the commercial scuba diving vessel caught fire as it carried passengers near Santa Barbara, California.

A Santa Cruz area surfer who died in the water near Pleasure Point last week drowned after breaking his neck, officials said Tuesday. Two surfers found Scott Woodworth, 60, of Ben Lomond (Santa ...

By Lori Preuitt •Published March 21, 2012 A Santa Cruz surfer found dead off Pleasure Point last week broke his neck and drowned, according to the Santa Cruz County Coroner's report.

A Ben Lomond man who died while surfing at a popular Santa Cruz surf spot died when he broke his neck on the reef and drowned, according to a coroner's report.