SANTA CRUZ — Police are investigating last week’s shooting as collateral damage in a gang-related shootout outside a Westside bar and restaurant. The Santa Cruz Police Department was called ...

The sentencing of former Santa Cruz County treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr has been delayed until May 7. Gutfahr pleaded guilty in November to embezzling $38.7 million from the county between 2014 and ...

Among them, The Colorado, for two investigative series on prison gangs, and Kids Who Kill; and the California State Fair Award for coverage of the 1983 floods in Santa Cruz County, and an unusual ...