SANTA CRUZ — Within days of vandalism to a recently opened downtown pub, police investigators say they have taken a Santa Cruz man into custody for an alleged hate-crime offense.

The sheriff of Santa Cruz County — along the U.S.-Mexico border — says his office will no longer participate in Operation ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff says he has pulled his deputies out of a program where they worked with Border Patrol.

Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker confirmed to the Sentinel that Santa Cruz fire and police teams responded Jan. 20 to an individual on Center Street who was actively on fire. He said the fire ...

Santa Cruz police told KSBW that two of the people were rescued, while the other person got out of the water on their own. The end of the wharf had been damaged by winter storms and those who fell ...

Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker confirmed to the Sentinel that Santa Cruz fire and police teams responded Jan. 20 to an individual on Center Street who was actively on fire. He said the fire ...

A first in California, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office's new Care Alert program is a voluntary database with information on residents with mental health challenges to better help first responders.

A Mobile Crisis Response Team now offers 24-hour, non-police response to mental health crises in Santa Cruz County by calling ...

A homeless encampment sweep along Coral Street in Santa Cruz last week was pre-planned, said a city spokesperson, and resulted in several arrests. Two homeless advocacy and mutual aid groups expressed ...

In a shocking public event, a local activist set fire to himself in downtown Santa Cruz, just hours after both the second ...