There need to be changes in the law. I think, for the first time, citizens of our community have seen what this (law) means and I think they’re outraged. Changes need to be ...

After a nearly three-month trial, a Santa Cruz jury ruled Wednesday that Adrian Gonzalez, convicted in the 2015 rape and ...

A Santa Cruz jury has decided that a convicted child murderer and rapist will not be released from custody a little under a ...

The man who kidnapped, raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl before placing her body in a recycling bin in 2015 will spend at ...

Prosecution and defense painted sharply varying pictures of Adrian “A.J.”Gonzalez in closing arguments  in Superior Court ...

In a packed courtroom Tuesday morning Santa Cruz County prosecutor Tara George began her closing arguments in the trial to ...

The trial for the release of Adrian Gonzalez, convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Maddy Middleton, continued today in Santa Cruz. No cameras were allowed in the courtroom, but it was ...

The jury of four women, eight men and two alternative jurors (both men), will decide if Adrian Gonzalez will be released 10 ...

A judge dismissed the jury for the trial to decide if a Santa Cruz man convicted of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl ...

The attorneys in Adrian Gonzalez’s trial for release gave lengthy closing arguments on Tuesday before the court sent the jury ...

Adrian Gonzalez, who killed 8-year-old Maddy Middleton a decade ago, will remain in juvenile custody for at least two more years following a jury's decision.