Santa Cruz County

A driver suffered major injuries after she rear-ended a school bus and crashed into a tree Monday morning on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, according to the California Highway Patrol. Marianne Favro reports.

A driver suffered major injuries after she rear-ended a school bus and crashed into a tree Monday morning on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County.

Some students suffered minor injuries in a collision involving a school bus Monday morning along Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A driver crashed a Lamborghini sports car and ended up upside down on Highway 9 near Boulder Creek in Santa Cruz County on Sunday, according to California Highway Patrol.

A man died after an alleged hit-and-run collision on southbound Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County on Sunday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Santa Cruz County authorities arrested a 67-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a child, and investigators fear many more were victimized due to his involvement in local communities.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the discovery of two bodies in the back of an abandoned pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this week as a double homicide. Thom Jensen has the latest details.

The public is urged to avoid the beach and stay out of the water after multiple water rescues were made on Saturday.

The Capitola Wharf and Capitola Beach were closed to the public on Saturday because of rough surf conditions and debris in the water, according to an alert from the Capitola Police Department.

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.

Some residents along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County defied the evacuation orders that have since been lifted for the area on Thursday.

Some residents along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County defied the evacuation orders that have since been lifted for the area on Thursday. Damian Trujillo reports.

As President Donald Trump was formally taking the oath of office on Monday, a new effort to resist some of his agenda was getting underway in the South Bay. Robert Handa reports. 

A house in Capitola Village went up in flames Christmas morning following an apparent explosion. Jocelyn Moran reports.

An explosion sparked a fire Christmas morning in Capitola Village in Santa Cruz County.

An explosion sparked a fire Christmas morning at Capitola Village in Santa Cruz County.

The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf will be closed until further notice after part of it collapsed into the ocean Monday. Ian Cull reports.

Towering waves pounding the Bay Area coastline Monday turned destructive and deadly. Jocelyn Moran reports.

A major storm that pounded California’s Central Coast on Monday was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach.