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Gina Castañeda, who founded Aztecas Youth Soccer Academy, received this year’s Kim Crabbe Game Changers Award from the  U.S. Soccer Federation.  She received the award in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday for creating Aztecas in 2008 and for being a driving force behind a wealth of local...

When Watsonville Police Chief Brian Shab took the helm of the department early this year, he saw a problem that is plaguing law enforcement agencies across the country: recruiting and retaining officers. In a department authorized to employ 71 officers, the Watsonville Police Department has...

After 30 people demanded that the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees rescind a Dec. 11 decision to lay off 80 teachers and 78 school employees during their Wednesday night meeting, nearly 200 people who had packed the Watsonville City Council chambers...

A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly brandished an altered replica firearm in Watsonville. Eduardo Lopez, 32, was cited and released. Witnesses called police after they saw a man waving an assault rifle in the air near East Lake Avenue at Blackburn Street just after...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that order had been restored after a federal operation killed Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, setting off retaliatory violence in several states. At a news conference, Mexico Security Secretary...

A tow operator cleans up the area where a driver smashed into a utility pole Friday morning on Airport Boulevard at Roache Road. Watsonville Police said the male driver was traveling southbound on Freedom Boulevard just before 9am when he lost control of his...

​​Law enforcement officials in Monterey County rescued a possibly suicidal man who was threatening to jump off the  San Miguel Canyon Road overpass on Sunday. According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to assist the California Highway Patrol for a report of a...

Area youths tested their engineering skills Friday in downtown Watsonville at the 2026 Egg Drop Challenge.  The 23rd annual contest celebrates National Engineers Week, which aims to honor engineers as well as inspire future generations to join the field.  Groups from local schools, community programs and...

Since November, local business leaders have grown concerned about the impacts that offshore oil drilling may have on the region’s economy, after the Trump administration released a plan proposing two sites off California’s central coast. In reaction, advocates of local industries that rely on a...