According to the State of California Megan’s Law website, a database of registered sex offenders, Westerman was convicted in 1994 of lewd acts against a child under 14. and released from ...

Santa Cruz police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of William Westerman, who drove off the Santa ...

Developers proposed a 102-unit apartment building at 407 Pacific Ave in Downtown Santa Cruz as part of a redevelopment plan ...

The tombstone of Mary Amney Case, Santa Cruz County’s first English-speaking schoolteacher, disappeared years ago and was ...

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. As a longtime Santa Cruz resident, I’m deeply troubled by how Measure C was put on ...

An invasive species of mosquito that can carry diseases has been found in Santa Cruz County, authorities announced Monday. The Santa Cruz County Mosquito & Vector Control District said in a press ...

After a stretch of empty windows and “for lease” signs, downtown Santa Cruz is filling up again. Several new businesses have opened in recent weeks, and more than half a dozen are on the way. Locals ...

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 talk by former ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A tech executive’s convicted killer is asking a judge to throw out his murder conviction based on a letter that he claims contains a written confession from one of his ...

The first filtered cigarette sales ban to go into effect in the world will be enforced in Santa Cruz County and two of its cities beginning in 2027, county officials announced. The Santa Cruz County ...

Summer weather is far from over in California, where temperatures can skyrocket well into October. What better way to enjoy these last squeezin’s of heat than soaking them in on a beach boardwalk?