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November 14, 2026

Mariners outduel Carmel in high-scoring D-IV thriller | CCS football playoffs

Anthony Najera has been consistently productive in the backfield for the Aptos High football team during the 2026 fall campaign. A workhorse-type of player that...

Wildcatz’s Taylor Alves-Lopez named Mission’s top defensive player | All-PCAL girls flag football

Opposing flag football coaches had a hard time accounting for Watsonville High senior Taylor Alves-Lopez anytime she stepped on the gridiron this past 2026...

County moves to protect historic buildings

A little over one year ago, the historic but seriously dilapidated Redman-Hirahara House was removed from a list of local historic resources, a decision...

Housing Matters pauses short-term care facility

A shelter that has helped over 600 community members experiencing homelessness recover from illness and injury since its inception over a decade ago—the only...

Federal SNAP changes costing county

Around 5,500 residents of Santa Cruz County are at risk of losing some or all of their CalFresh benefits as additional and stricter eligibility...

Beached whale draws hundreds

Hundreds of people gathered on Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz Thursday morning after a large fin whale washed ashore. Witnesses said the whale appeared to...
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CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Teen arrested for murder in Jetty Road double homicide

Monterey County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested an 18-year-old Greenfield resident in connection with the Nov. 2 shooting on Jetty Road in Moss Landing...

Man assaulted with pipe, BB gun near Pajaro River

Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man suspected of brutally assaulting another man with a metal pipe and a BB gun before...

Photo story: Man leaves after crash on Martinelli Street

Watsonville firefighters clean up the scene of a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Martinelli Street. The male driver of a pickup was traveling north...

Photo story: One injured in East Lake Avenue crash

Watsonville firefighters respond to a two-vehicle crash on East Lake Avenue at Tuttle Street early Saturday. Watsonville Police said the female driver of a...

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A government that can wrongfully convict a person should not have the power to execute that person. That principle should be uncontroversial. Yet for decades, we have maintained a death penalty system that asks us to accept the possibility of an irreversible mistake.  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to commute California’s death...

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County moves to protect historic buildings

A little over one year ago, the historic but seriously dilapidated Redman-Hirahara House was removed from a list of local historic resources, a decision...

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