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Driscoll’s names new CEO

Driscoll’s announced Tuesday that Brie Reiter Smith has been named chief executive officer of the Watsonville-based berry company, succeeding Soren Bjorn. The company made the...

Grizzlies on hunt for Santa Lucia Division title | PCAL football

Pajaro Valley is heading into the 2026 fall campaign coming off its second winning season in the program’s history. They were runner-up in the Pacific...

Naval Support Activity in Monterey to conduct exercises this week

Naval Support Activity Monterey is conducting a weeklong emergency readiness exercise that could bring increased military, police and emergency response activity around the installation. The...

Watsonville High hires two new head coaches to fill vacated positions

Watsonville High last week named Max Gonzales and Austin Luigard the new head coaches for the baseball and boys basketball teams, respectively.  Gonzales replaced current...

Royal Oaks couple to pay $800K in unlawful housing, tax evasion case

Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced Aug. 13 that Nicolas Mejia Ruvalcaba and Ana Ortiz Ruvalcaba, both 73, entered no contest pleas to...

Two vying for PVUSD Trustee Area 5 seat

Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of stories on the four seats up for election on the PVUSD Board of Trustees....
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CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Felon arrested with firearms, suppressors, ammunition and methamphetamine

An investigation that began with a traffic stop accelerated when investigators found multiple firearms, firearm suppressors, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, firearm manufacturing components and methamphetamine...

Man arrested after standoff

A Watsonville man was arrested Friday morning after he reportedly threatened people with a knife. Juan Carlos Aparicio, 23, was arrested and booked into the...

Big Sur Timber Fire 27% contained

The Timber Fire in Big Sur has burned 5,626 acres and is 27% contained as of Wednesday.  “Containment of the Timber Fire continues to increase,”...

Former Monte Vista teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes

Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from Monte Vista Christian School. A former Monte Vista Christian School teacher was arrested Aug....

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Climate change turns lethal

Daily newscasts have become powerfully redundant. Observers have to strain to ignore the impression that the world is on the cusp of rapidly disintegrating. Southern Europe, Northern and Western U.S. and Southern Canada are suffering from uncontrolled wildfires. This year alone, firefighters have already responded to 48,000 wildfires that...

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Driscoll’s names new CEO

Driscoll’s announced Tuesday that Brie Reiter Smith has been named chief executive officer of the Watsonville-based berry company, succeeding Soren Bjorn. The company made the...

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