(Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel file) Pictures of the slain 8-year-old Madyson Middleton were staked on the lawn Tuesday near the courthouse steps where Adrian Gonzalez appeared. (Dan Coyro ...

A Santa Cruz County court is weighing whether a man who raped and murdered his 8-year-old neighbor when he was 15 years old will be released from prison when he turns 25 this year. Prosecutors ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in south Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said.

SANTA CRUZ — After a months-long trial to decide if 25-year-old convicted rapist and murderer Adrian “A.J.” Gonzalez should be released from the juvenile justice system or remain ...