About 11:30 p.m. Friday, a resident in the 200 block of High Street noticed flames coming from the area of a cross on the grounds of Holy Cross Church. Fire and police responded and arrived within ...

SANTA CRUZ — A 42-year-old homeless man was behind bars without bail Tuesday, the focus of a police investigation into a church grounds cross burning.

According to police, Friday night around 11:30 p.m., a man was caught on camera hanging around the cross in front of the Holy Cross Church for half-an-hour when smoke began to billow up from the ...

Parishioners washed each other's feet during the Maundy Thursday mass at Holy Cross church in Santa Cruz this week, as part of the observance of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday.