Part of the University of California, Santa Cruz’s groundbreaking music education is ensuring students have a chance to perform. Throughout winter quarter, students have strived to perfect their sound ...

Lecturer in Music Sheila Willey is bringing Spanish-language opera to the stage. The upcoming Opera and Zarzuela Scenes performance on March 13, 2025 at the Music Center Recital Hall on campus, will ...

A convicted child-killer and rapist was denied parole by a jury, according to prosecutors, nearly a decade since his crimes shocked Santa Cruz County and the rest of the country.

Adrian Gonzalez kidnapped, raped and killed an 8-year-old girl in 2015. He has remained in the juvenile justice system since and was slated to be released on his 25th birthday.

Twelve jurors reached a verdict Wednesday deciding the fate of a man who murdered 8-year-old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton in ...

Three years after closing Mutari Chocolate House, owners Stephen Beaumier and Katy Oursler have opened The Chocolate Studio in downtown Santa Cruz for a three-month pop-up in the former Flower Bar ...

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The jury found that Adrian Gonzalez -- who kidnapped, raped, and murdered 8-year-old Madyson "Maddy" Middleton in Santa Cruz in July 2015 -- would pose a danger if released, the Santa Cruz County ...

Radiation is thought to be one of the contributing drivers of evolution here on Earth, a chaotic influence that pushes cells ...

Aptos High’s girls soccer team, one of three teams from County to qualify for the Central Coast Section playoffs, earned the ...

Cabrillo College English instructor Victoria Bañales has been chosen as Watsonville's Poet Laureate. The post lasts two years ...

Construction is underway on a pedestrian bridge that will connect the east and west segments of the popular Chuck Huckelberry ...