Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office

A former Air Force sergeant linked to an extremist movement and convicted last month in the 2020 killing of a federal security officer in the Bay Area has pleaded guilty to killing a sheriff’s sergeant a week after he attacked a federal building.

A man shot by a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy late Tuesday in Aptos is expected to survive his injuries.

A shooting threat at a San Jose mall Wednesday afternoon could have ended in tragedy if not for the quick thinking of authorities and the public, according to police. Damian Trujillo reports.

A shooting threat at a San Jose mall Wednesday afternoon could have ended in tragedy if not for the quick thinking of authorities and the public, according to police.

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy who was injured in an ambush attack that left a sergeant from the same department dead last week has returned home from the hospital Sunday, the department said in a tweet.

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy who was injured in an ambush attack that left a sergeant from the same department dead last week has returned home from the hospital Sunday, the department said in a tweet.

As the Santa Cruz community mourns the death of Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller who was shot and killed Saturday in Ben Lomond, new video has been released that shows Good Samaritans capture and detain the suspect until other deputies arrive. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

The Santa Cruz community mourned the loss of Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller Sunday during a vigil that took place exactly 24 hours after he was shot and killed in Ben Lomond. Meanwhile, the FBI is looking for a possible connection between the suspect in Saturday’s killing and another ambush-style attack on a federal officer in Oakland over a week ago. Thom...

A homicide investigation was underway Wednesday in Santa Cruz County following the discovery of a body in a wooded area and a subsequent autopsy, sheriff’s officials said.

From zero citations to 58 arrests, the numbers of criminal enforcement actions taken by agencies around Northern California show a wide variation depending on which police department or sheriff’s office you ask. Stephen Stock reports.

From zero citations to 58 arrests, the numbers of criminal enforcement actions taken by agencies around Northern California show a wide variation depending on which police department or sheriff’s office you ask.

Deputies in Santa Cruz issued about 40 citations at beaches Friday to people who were not social distancing and people who had traveled there from another county.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office on Friday said that deputies will be enforcing the county’s new shelter-in-place order and urged residents against congregating at local beaches and parks.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced a $200,000 reward — the largest reward in county history — for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects involved in the abduction and killing of tech executive Tushar Atre. Atre, 50, was kidnapped from his Pleasure Point home around 3 a.m. on Oct 1, and…

An auto theft investigation by the California Highway Patrol Coastal Division led to the recovery Friday of 10 stolen vehicles, the seizure of a 12-gauge pump action shotgun and ammunition and the arrest of a convicted felon after a standoff of several hours, authorities said.

A Northern California neurosurgeon awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused children has been found dead in his jail cell.

Authorities have confirmed the death of a man kidnapped from his Santa Cruz County home as a homicide.

A body has been found after a 50-year-old man was taken from his Santa Cruz County home early Tuesday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Terry McSweeney reports.

Multiple people were shot, and at least one was dead Wednesday evening at a home in Aptos, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office told television station KSBW.

An 15-year-old boy has been arrested after three teen boys were attacked with a hammer in Aptos, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.