Santa Cruz News

He doesn't have any ears, his chin's lop-sided, and his haircut bears a passing resemblance to the roof of a thatched cottage. But to police in Bolivia, he's public enemy number one. The picture, widely described as the world's worst...

The University of California, Berkeley is investigating allegations of police brutality against students and employees protesting fee hikes and budget cuts last week. In a letter Monday, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau says the campus police department is looking into whether officers...

Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest. Campus spokesman Jim Burns says the nearly 70 or so protesters who had occupied the university's...

Authorities in Monterey County, Calif., say they suspect victims of a reported art theft may not be telling the entire truth about the missing artworks. Cmdr. Mike Richards of the Monterey County Sheriff's Department said Angelo Amadio, 31, and his...

A 16-year-old Santa Cruz boy was fatally stabbed about 10:20 p.m...Police say the teen was walking from downtown with a friend on Laurel when a verbal altercation took place near the 7-Eleven. The teen crossed the street, largely lined with...

Irishman killed in Bolivia was linked to bomb attack, inquest told An Irish man shot dead in Bolivia after allegedly becoming mixed up in a rightwing plot to assassinate the country's president was killed by a single bullet wound to...

The Government is planning to make it easier for private companies to take over water and wastewater services from councils. Local Government Minister and Act leader Rodney Hide yesterday said "flexibility in delivery of water services" was part of changes...