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UCSC student killed in West Cliff Drive crash identified
A 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student who died after a car plunged off West Cliff Drive and landed upside down in the ocean Aug....
Four arrested in undercover sex sting
Four men were arrested during a multi-agency undercover operation targeting individuals allegedly using the internet to seek sexual contact with minors, Monterey County Sheriff’s...
Photo story: Highway 1 crash injures 1, scatters furniture
Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash on Highway 1 Tuesday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol said a white Ford SUV with several people...
Photo story: Out of gas
A crew from Auto Care Towing of Watsonville hooks up a large motorboat to a flatbed truck Aug. 9 in Moss Landing after the...
OPINION
Victor E. Rugh III, age 84, of Elgin, Illinois, passed on to his eternal home on July 28, 2026. He was born on Feb. 28, 1942 to his parents, Victor E. Rugh II and Geneva (Booth) Rugh. Vic lived in the Watsonville area from 1954-1958, attending E.A. Hall and...
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Capitola murder suspect’s juvenile record sealed
A Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge agreed Monday to seal an earlier juvenile protective order against a local teen now facing murder charges...
