SANTA CRUZ — The county’s first Latino superior court judge has retired, after a 30-year judicial career. Though he spent time covering every type of judicial assignment, including stints as ...

(Jessica A. York -- Santa Cruz Sentinel) Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Nancy de la Peña, standing, is among four judges appointed in recent years, including Judge Jerry Vinluan ...

(KRON) — A Santa Cruz County mother who is charged with murdering her 1-year-old baby never called 911 after she found her daughter’s lifeless body in 2024, according to court records filed by ...

The Santa Cruz County Supervisors on Tuesday will consider approval of a budget with cuts to health care and mental health ...

Santa Cruz County has recovered nearly $6 million from former treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr, who pleaded guilty to stealing ...

Mehr added that last week a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge, in a decision supported by the county District Attorney’s Office, granted Ward post-conviction relief — a formal recognition ...

Family members and friends of defendant Tim Nukida gathered in the courtroom of Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Stephen Sigel to request a lenient sentence for the 64-year-old man.

SANTA CRUZ — County prosecutors are petitioning the court to prevent the release of a man convicted of kidnapping, murdering and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in 2015. Pictures of the ...