At-risk Santa Cruz County woman reported missing
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said an at-risk woman was reported missing, and her last known location was in San…
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Report: Santa Cruz Fire not fully compliant with required school, apartment inspections
The Santa Cruz County Grand Jury released a report Thursday detailing its findings about fire and safety…
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Santa Cruz City Council approves moving library to mixed-use project
The Santa Cruz City Council is expected to discuss developing a mixed-use project and moving the downtown library to the ground…
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State Parks officers find illegal marijuana operation in Santa Cruz mountains
State Park officers found an illegal marijuana grow operation in the Santa Cruz…
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Santa Cruz County DA’s Office petitioning to reduce, dismiss past marijuana convictions
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Over a thousand people convicted of cannabis-related crimes in Santa Cruz County before the drug was legalized in…
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Central Coast sees rise in young people contracting COVID-19
Adults between around 20 to 30-years-old represent the highest count of COVID-19 cases in Santa Cruz and Monterey County. Santa Cruz County Health…
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Santa Cruz County officials announce death from COVID-19 complications, beach reopenings
Santa Cruz County Health officials announced that an elderly man has died from complications…
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District considers alterations to School Resource Officer contracts
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION) The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees plans to discuss School Resource Officers at an upcoming…
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Organizers announce cancellation of Santa Cruz County Fair
Organizers announced Wednesday morning that the 2020 Santa Cruz County Fair has been canceled due to the COVID-19…
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Santa Cruz police see rise in catalytic converter thefts from Toyota Prius cars
Santa Cruz police say they have seen nearly a dozen reports of catalytic converters stolen from Toyota Prius…
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Cal Fire conducting training burn in Santa Cruz County Wednesday
Cal Fire is warning Santa Cruz County residents that they may see smoke while crews conduct a training…
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Racist messages sent to UCSC email accounts, FBI helping investigate
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION)– Officials with UCSC say they denounce the “racist, hateful” emails sent to some UC Santa Cruz email accounts this past…
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“Accidental death” in Watsonville now investigated as homicide
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said what appeared to be an accidental death in Watsonville has…
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CHP officer injured in Ben Lomond ambush, carjacking incident returns to work
CHP Officer Estey has returned to work after he was injured in an incident in Ben Lomond that killed Sgt. Damon…
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29-year-old Aromas resident dies in crash involving tractor trailer
The California Highway Patrol confirms that officers are responding to a fatal…
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PG&E installing new devices to limit outage sizes during future power shut-offs
The rest of 2020 could include a pandemic and more public safety power shut-offs, but this year PG&E says they will be shorter and less…
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Joel Schumacher, director of ‘The Lost Boys,’ dies at 80
Joel Shumacher, who shepherded the so-called“Brat Pack” to the big screen in “St. Elmo’s Fire” and directed two 1990s-era “Batman”…
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Suspect in Ben Lomond shooting ambush could face death penalty
Steven Carrillo, the man suspected of killing Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller and injuring others in what the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s…
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Santa Cruz Police chief warns of consequences of defunding police
A growing national topic amid the protests to end police brutality and systemic racism is a call to defund local police departments. Santa Cruz…
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CAL FIRE captain killed in hiking accident
Fire Captain David Lutz died in a hiking accident at Pfeiffer Burns State park Wednesday. He was 33 years…
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