SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy from the water near the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Monday morning. Around 8:30 a.m. Monday, the sheriff’s ...

Search and rescue crews called off their search Thursday night for two unidentified people in the Santa Cruz River near Rio ...

DAVENPORT — Anticipating a jump in recreational activity along Santa Cruz County’s North Coast in the coming months, the Sheriff’s Office recently celebrated the grand opening of a new outpost in ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report of two bodies in a flooded wash.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death after a body was found in the water near the Santa Cruz ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — One woman is dead and another is in critical condition following a water rescue near Panther Beach, the ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. A search and rescue ...

Authorities said crews were considering their next steps as they continue to search for an elderly woman who has been missing in the Santa Cruz Mountains for nearly a week. According to the Santa Cruz ...

Investigators are looking for a connection between a body found Saturday on the north side of Monterey Bay and the disappearance of a swimmer on the opposite side of the bay six days earlier, the ...

Fire investigators in Santa Cruz County believe arson is to blame for an incident involving a fire truck, the Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. At about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, deputies with the Santa ...

SANTA CRUZ — After reaching a troubling peak in 2023, drug overdose deaths have declined for the second year in row in Santa Cruz County. Public health officials across Santa Cruz County convened ...