Photo story: One injured in head-on crash
Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on the 2500 block of Freedom Boulevard. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of a Ford F550 flatbed pickup towing an 18-foot flatbed trailer was traveling north on Freedom Boulevard when he attempted a...
Group seeking buffer zone for pesticides around schools
Adam Scow stood on the edge of a strawberry farm behind Pajaro Middle School Monday morning as he held a map showing similar fields adjacent to nine schools throughout the Pajaro Valley.
Scow heads up the nonprofit group Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CORA)....
Great things in store for massive new water tank
Watsonville’s newest water infrastructure project is a giant storage tank—a behemoth that stands 35 feet tall, holds 2 million gallons and is expected to help the city maintain its supply during droughts and disasters, when demand is at its peak.
A group of city officials...
Photo Story: No Kings rallies take place throughout Santa Cruz County, across United States
Santa Cruz County was one of more than 3,000 locations across the U.S. where thousands of people staged rallies opposing President Donald Trump. It was the third such event held in the past 10 months. Below are images our reporters gathered in Santa Cruz...
Levee work underway
Construction is underway on a long-anticipated flood control project in the Pajaro Valley, even as state lawmakers push new legislation aimed at speeding up similar work along the Pajaro River.
Crews have begun work on what is known as Reach 6 of the Pajaro River...
County Supervisors pass immigration ordinance
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved two agenda items that, although placed in the consent calendar and receiving little discussion, are likely to have significant impacts.
The first is an ordinance that bars federal agents from staging or processing immigration...
Deputies: Man drove stolen car to face charges for stealing a car
A man was arrested Tuesday for driving a stolen car to the Monterey County Superior Courthouse in Salinas, where he was scheduled to appear for a previous auto theft case.
Ricardo Otero, 41, was charged with driving a stolen vehicle, committing a felony while on...
Pajaro Valley High to stage ‘Zoot Suit’
The play “Zoot Suit” made its first appearance on Aug. 17, 1978, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.It was a watershed moment, thrusting Chicano theater into the mainstream and highlighting both a unique art form and a culture.It also put a national...
Aptos’ Ella Porter makes debut in professional flag football league
Aptos High senior Ella Porter trained for seven days a week on her craft as the quarterback for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League...
