Serial killer Edmund Kemper was denied parole at a hearing Tuesday at California Medical Facility state prison at Vacaville. The 75-year-old Kemper was convicted of murdering eight women and girls while living in Santa Cruz County in the 1970s.
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Consultant charged with child sexual assault had ‘interactions’ with PVUSD community, district clarifies
Monterey County officials arrested and charged the founder of a Salinas-based art nonprofit with seven felony counts alleging child sexual assault. PVUSD Superintendent Heather Contreras said Joshua Alfaro briefly worked for the district last month but the contract had been terminated.
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Man held to answer to murder charge in DeLaveaga Park-area stabbing
Joseph Young, 31, will face trial for murder, Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Stephen Siegel ruled Friday. Young is accused of fatally stabbing Todd Kolibas, 44, at George Washington Grove in the DeLaveaga Park area in April.
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Man charged with death of UCSC student at Seabright Beach to face trial for murder
Samuel Stone, 21, will face a murder charge in the February death of Zainab Mansoor. “If he walks away, still, I lost my daughter,” Mansoor’s father, Mansoor Naseem, said after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. “If he gets a full sentence, I still lost my daughter. She meant everything to me.”
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Santa Cruz police make arrest in DeLaveaga Park-area stabbing
The Santa Cruz Police Department has arrested a 31-year-old man in a fatal stabbing on Friday at George Washington Grove in the DeLaveaga Park area.
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Man fatally stabbed in DeLaveaga Park area in Santa Cruz’s second homicide of the year
A stabbing incident near DeLaveaga park has left a man dead. It is the second homicide in the city of Santa Cruz this year.
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Santa Cruz police to review excessive force complaint after multiple officers arrest Westside cyclist
Witnesses say Santa Cruz police officers used excessive force Wednesday morning when arresting a Black man on his bike. Deputy Chief Jon Bush said the department is investigating a community complaint it received about the incident.
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Man found guilty of first-degree murder in downtown Santa Cruz parking garage stabbing
The weeklong trial in Neoklis Koumides’ November 2022 murder came to an end Friday afternoon when a Santa Cruz Superior Court jury found John Frederick Burke guilty of first-degree murder with an enhancement of the use of a deadly weapon. Burke’s sentencing date will be determined after a final hearing next Thursday.
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Trial begins in 2022 killing of Neoklis Koumides in downtown Santa Cruz parking garage
The trial for the murder of Neoklis Koumides — known by the nickname Nick the Greek — began Monday morning with the prosecution calling witnesses from law enforcement and unhoused individuals who were at the scene of the incident in the early morning hours of November 21, 2022.
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Fired UC Santa Cruz prof Gopal Balakrishnan settles sexual assault lawsuit by former student
Gopal Balakrishnan, a former professor at UC Santa Cruz, agreed to pay $45,000 to Anneliese Harlander, a UCSC alumna who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Balakrishnan, according to the terms of Wednesday’s settlement.