Capitola's city councilmen voted four-to-one Nov. 12 to look at both the Rispin mansion property on Soquel Creek and the current Wharf Road library site across the street to build a larger, permanent branch.

Seacliff State Beach in Aptos needs volunteers to help keep the visitor center open and available to the public and school groups.

Aptos residents have shared a common vision for Aptos Village for many years. The vision is of a small village that is the "heart" of Aptos, a place for the young and old to live, work, shop, walk, eat and be entertained, with a mix of housing, shops and offices.

A year ago this week, Veva Virgil allegedly smothered her 31 2-year-old daughter in a Watsonville motel room.

Strong thriving small and medium businesses are critical to the economic health of California.

Either the existing library location on Wharf Road or the Rispin property across the street: The city will explore those two sites to determine which would be best for a new larger 7,000-square-foot library.

A 42-year-old Los Gatos man was sentenced to 64 years in prison Friday for multiple, forcible sex acts against a 16-year-old girl in 2007 and 2008, according to the District Attorney's Office.

The Aptos Grange presents a Winter Concert and Dessert Holiday Party by The Community Music School of Santa Cruz's Teen Celtic Music Band "The Mice in the Mug" with a harp duet opening act: "Fishy and Kelly" Friday evening, December 4, 2009.

Clarinet, piano and viola - not a trio combination usually heard in performance, but one which will delight audiences when the Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents their second concert of the season, on November 21st and 22nd at Christ Lutheran Church in Aptos.

When Tracy received a letter from Dynamic Advantage of Burbank, California, she saw no reason to question the information provided by the sender.

Jose Santosbejarano, 25, of Aptos, 12:01 a.m. Saturday, at 8080 Santa Teresa Blvd., for possession of a narcotic controlled substance and public intoxication.

Police investigating a report of a gang fight involving a baseball bat on the 500 block of Caledonia Street arrested a 17-year-old suspected gang member on a weapons charge Thursday.

A 17-year-old Aptos boy was arrested in Santa Cruz Thursday for possession of a dangerous weapon and fighting in public after officers responded to a reported gang fight, according to Santa Cruz police.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner Phil Wowak was the guest speaker for the October Aptos Chamber breakfast meeting.

A citizen's ad hoc committee, the library director and residents in attendance Nov.