The entire area now occupied by Rio del Mar was originally part of a 6,686-acre land grant from the Mexican government to Don Rafael de Jesus Castro. What was known as Rancho Aptos extended nearly ...

SANTA CRUZ >> A lawsuit filed by an Aptos mother whose son was attacked by a dog on Rio del Mar State Beach three years ago has been settled for $57,500. The 50-pound boxer-Australian mix was off ...

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The tourist, whom officials described as a visitor with ties to the Santa Cruz area, originally spotted the rare fossil at Rio Del Mar beach last Friday. She posted a photo of the tooth ...

People in Rio del Mar were busy cleaning up streets and backyards following days of heavy rain, which caused landslides and flooding. Around 3 a.m. on Monday, neighborhoods along a cliff were ...

Santa Cruz’s East Cliff Drive, which was blocked earlier in the day by a log, is now “open and passable,” aaccording to a county post. Dec. 28, 11:40 a.m. Waves flooded the Santa Cruz County ...

S anta Cruz-based artist Suchitra Fields and her son Tapan Lockwood put finishing touches on a 70-foot-by-52-foot river-themed driveway mural at the Rio Del Mar home of Richard Fabrikant and Marty ...