(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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A man who is charged with raping underage girls in Santa Cruz County used Snapchat to find victims and lure minors into meeting him, according to court documents ...

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

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

Santa Cruz County filed a civil lawsuit Thursday in Pima Superior Court against former county Treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr, her husband and son, and several other unnamed individuals and corporate ...

(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 ...

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 ...

An appeals court has ruled that prosecutors can depose George Alan Kelly's wife and told a judge to reconsider a request to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misidentified an agency investigating Santa Cruz ... filed on Nov. 14 in Maricopa County Superior Court against the state and ...

UPDATE 1p.m. Demonstrators have gathered outside the courthouse in Santa Cruz County, stating support for the state to re-try George Alan Kelly in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea.

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 ...