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Aptos’ Nick Bjorn recognized as SCCAL’s top boys golfer

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Nick Bjorn was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player for his superb play on the golf course...

Aptos’ Cole McGillicuddy earns first team honors | All-SCCAL baseball

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Cole McGillicuddy earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors for the 2026 baseball season. The Cal-Berkeley commit batted a .500...

Aptos’ Kalina Healy shares honors as SCCAL’s top player | High school softball

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Kalina Healy took the initiative to workout in the batting cage and in the weight room weeks before the softball season...

Nuñez closes in on victory, county clerk to conduct manual tally

Local News

This story has been updated from a previous version. Tony Nuñez appeared poised to avoid a November runoff in the race for Santa Cruz County's...

PVUSD trustees to consider $192M facilities bond

Local News

On June 24, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will consider placing a school facilities bond measure on the November ballot...

Photo story: A special visit from the Watsonville Community Band

Local News

Members of the Watsonville Community Band deliver a few tunes for Don Spence in front of his Watsonville home Wednesday evening. Spence, 93, is...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

WPD officer hurt in foot pursuit

June 22, 2026

This story was updated at 5pm, June 22 A Watsonville Police officer was injured on the job Monday morning during a pursuit of a woman...

PVUSD threat suspect arrested

June 19, 2026

Editor's note: this story has been updated with a response from Lookout CEO Ken Doctor. A 22-year-old woman accused of threatening the Pajaro Valley Unified...

One East Lake Avenue crash victim identified

June 16, 2026

One of the teen victims killed in a two-car crash just outside Watsonville Sunday night has been identified as Carlos Angeles from Soquel. His...

Capitola police: man took photos of girls at beach

June 15, 2026

Capitola police are asking for the public’s help after a Soquel man was arrested in connection with an investigation involving children at Capitola Beach. Derek...

OPINION

I recently read “The Cult of Trump” by Dr. Steven Hassan, which was published in 2019—before Mr. Trump was first elected president. Hassan was actually in a cult in the early 1970s: The Unification Church, nicknamed “The Moonies,” so named because its leader was Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a South...