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Amgen Tour of California announces challenging route through Santa Cruz County ending at Cabrillo

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

APTOS - Amgen Tour of California officials this morning announced the route for a breathtaking 117-mile Stage 2 race from San Francisco to Santa Cruz that includes back-to-back mountain climbs that could leave lesser riders gasping for air.

Forever 21 to take over former Borders location in downtown Santa Cruz

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

SANTA CRUZ - Forever 21, the hip fashion retailer popular with young shoppers, will open a store on Pacific Avenue in the 20,000-square-foot space vacated by Borders a year ago, officials announced Tuesday.

Cops and Courts: Feb. 8, 2012: Police: Drunken driver hits hydrant, light pole, tree

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

WATSONVILLE Police: Drunken driver hits hydrant, light pole, tree A drunken man who was driving on the 200 block of Westgate Drive Monday night slammed into a light pole, fire hydrant and a palm tree, Watsonville police reported.

Former Capitola, Santa Cruz real estate broker gets eight years behind bars for bilking clients out of thousands of dollars

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

SANTA CRUZ - Calling her a thief and a criminal, Judge Ariadne Symons sentenced a former real estate broker to eight years in custody on 15 charges of embezzlement and passing bad checks.

Trial for man accused of killing girlfriend in fight over Winter Olympics postponed

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

SANTA CRUZ - The trial for a man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend during an argument over the Winter Olympics was postponed Wednesday.

Santa Cruz County DA announces charges in the takeover of 75 River St.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

SANTA CRUZ - Charges have been filed in the illegal takeover of a vacant bank building, Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee announced Wednesday.

Donald Schmidt, convicted of murdering Lompico toddler, arrested in Southern California

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

SANTA CRUZ - A man released last year after spending more than 20 years in the juvenile justice system for murdering a Lompico toddler - becoming the oldest juvenile inmate statewide - is back behind bars after a recent arrest in Southern California.

17 people displaced by fire that hits two houses near downtown Watsonville

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

WATSONVILLE - At least 17 people were displaced by a fire that hit two houses in a dense downtown Watsonville neighborhood during the dinner hour Tuesday.

Inmate walks away from Rountree Detention Center

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

WATSONVILLE - Sheriff's deputies are looking for a 46-year-old man who escaped from the county's medium security Rountree Detention Center outside Watsonville just after 3 p.

Gunman robs Watsonville jewelry store, shoots one person in head

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

WATSONVILLE - Watsonville police are searching for an armed robbery suspect who held up a jewelry store Wednesday on the 1400 block of Freedom Boulevard.