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Oct 29, 2024 · The first annual report of the Office of Inspector General, created after a state law was passed in 2021 that encouraged counties to create them in the wake of national scrutiny of policing after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020, will be formally presented to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The office has been run on a contracted basis by a Long Beach ...

Nov 25, 2024 · “The Nutcracker” (Cabrillo College) — The beloved ballet will also be presented for Mid-County audiences at the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College, by the Santa Cruz City Ballet at the International Academy of Dance.This is the 12th year that SCCB and IAD have presented “The Nutcracker” at the Crocker. Performances are …

Nov 22, 2024 · After 40 years, Santa Cruz chocolate maker Mackenzies Chocolates is closing. Husband-and-wife team Ian and Mary Rose Mackenzie, along with one employee, make all of the chocolate and candy by hand, and said they’re ready to retire and spend more time with family. The last day to purchase chocolates is Dec. 24.

Oct 11, 2024 · Theobald Lengyel was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a Santa Cruz County jury on Thursday, after a weekslong trial in which prosecutors depicted the former Mr. Bungle alternative rock musician as someone with a pattern of abusive and violent behavior that culminated with the murder of his girlfriend, Capitola resident Alice …

Jan 17, 2025 · Some friends of civil rights activist Thairie Ritchie say his decision to light himself on fire on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was an act of public protest.

Oct 7, 2024 · On Monday, the sheriff’s office identified the two victims of the fatal shooting as Watsonville residents Jeremiah Rios Aguilar and Giovanni Aburto Lopez. Both were 21 years old. Deputies said that Aguilar and Lopez were suffering with gunshot wounds when law enforcement arrived on the scene early Friday morning in an area surrounded by farms and with few nearby homes. Both were pronounced ...

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Oct 15, 2024 · Four men charged with the 2019 kidnapping and murder of 50-year-old tech and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre in Pleasure Point will be tried separately. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Stephen Siegel agreed with defense attorneys’ arguments last week that the fairest path forward for the co-defendants in a case that has taken years to reach trial is to have separate juries for each.