A shooting that left two victims in critical condition occurred on Aug. 8 in the parking lot outside the Crow’s Nest following the Thursday Beach BBQ Party, a free recurring event series held on the beach in front of the Santa Cruz Harbor restaurant. The Crow’s Nest confirmed that the remaining three events planned for the season will continue through the end of the month.
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Two people shot outside crowded Crow’s Nest restaurant Thursday night
Santa Cruz police confirmed that two people were shot outside of the Crow’s Nest restaurant on Thursday night. Both remained in critical condition in hospital on Friday. Police are investigating a suspect and motive in the shooting and are encouraging witnesses to come forward.
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Before Santa Cruz infant’s death from possible fentanyl exposure, friends and family expressed worry
At a court appearance Wednesday for 38-year-old Korisa Woll, friends and family who know her and her recently deceased 18-month-old daughter – called “Baby Z” in court documents – say they had worried about the child’s safety for months before her death from possible fentanyl exposure. Woll has been charged with murder in her daughter’s death.
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Watsonville woman had stab wounds; death being investigated as homicide
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has determined that Lizbeth Arceo Sedano, the Watsonville woman whose body was found along a hiking trail in the Rattlesnake Gulch area on Sunday, died from multiple stab wounds to her torso. It is investigating the death as a homicide while it continues to hold the father of her 3-year-old daughter.
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Scotts Valley police charge former teen counselor with attempting to meet minor for sex
Scotts Valley police investigators arrested a former Boys and Girls Club teen counselor during an undercover operation last week and charged him with contact of a minor with intent to commit sexual offense, human trafficking and annoying/molesting a victim under 18 years of age.
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Judge sends question of Adrian Gonzalez’s release to a jury trial
A jury will decide whether Adrian Gonzalez will be released this fall upon aging out of California’s juvenile justice system, after a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors had shown probable cause for a trial over their argument that he still poses a danger to the public. Gonzalez, 24, has been held as a juvenile since raping and murdering his 8-year-old neighbor, Madyson “Maddy” Middleton, when he was 15 years old.
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Watsonville woman found dead in Corralitos day after police reported her missing
The body of 25-year-old Lizbeth Arceo Sedano was found in Corralitos on Sunday morning, just about 12 hours after the father of her child was shot by police in an altercation near the Watsonville police station. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Sedano’s death as “suspicious.”
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Watsonville volunteer sports coach accused of child sex abuse
Watsonville police say Humberto Reyes-Palacios, 24, faces charges of child sex abuse while he was a volunteer coach in 2022 at a middle school. Officers arrested him Tuesday and he’s being held in Santa Cruz County Jail.
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Court weighs release of Madyson Middleton’s killer, Adrian Gonzalez
Convicted in 2021 of the kidnapping, rape and murder of 8-year-old Madyson Middleton, Adrian Gonzalez returns to a Santa Cruz court this week for a hearing to help determine whether he remains a danger to society or if he can be released from prison later this year. The hearing continues Monday.
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Burke sentenced to 56 years to life in 2022 downtown Santa Cruz parking garage stabbing
Following a guilty verdict in late March, 65-year-old John Frederick Burke was sentenced to 56 years to life in prison for first-degree murder with enhancements for prior convictions on Tuesday morning.