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The annual Obon Festival unfolded at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple Sunday with hundreds of people delving into Japanese culture. The free event included entertainment, a vendor’s market, children’s games, an array of traditional foods, a Farmers Market, arts and crafts and a raffle. After a...

A lengthy stretch of Freedom Boulevard was shut down Tuesday evening after Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies discovered a pipe bomb in a car. The incident started around 4pm when deputies conducted a traffic stop near the 2600 block of Freedom Boulevard. The deputy’s K9...

The 54th annual Wharf to Wharf Race returns Sunday, bringing thousands of runners and spectators to Santa Cruz County's coastline—and with them, significant traffic delays and road closures. The popular 6-mile race begins at 8am Sunday, July 26. For the second consecutive year, the start...

A woman was stabbed to death Monday afternoon outside the Capitola Mall near the entrance to Macy's and the mall's food court. Tyler Leibelt, 19, of Santa Cruz, was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail on murder charges later that day, where he was being...

A road rage incident ended with one man being arrested after he struck a bicyclist with his car. Patrol Officers responded to the area of East Lake Avenue and Brennan Street On July 9 after receiving reports that a person riding a bicycle had been...

A late-night bicycle stop ended with one arrest and the recovery of a loaded gun. Watsonville Police Department said that while on patrol Monday just before midnight, an officer stopped a cyclist for a vehicle code violation in the 1000 block of Main Street.  During...

Thirty-eight young people ramped up their soccer skills over the weekend thanks to a cast of volunteers in the Central Coast Soccer Clinic. Staged at the athletic field at E.A Hall MIddle School, Elementary through high school-aged kids ran through drills and games Saturday and...

When Assistant Scoutmaster Michael Baker talks about Troop 599, he doesn't start with camping trips or merit badges. He talks about leadership. “For me, scouting in and of itself is a leadership program,” Baker said. “And so the Scouts go from basically being led to being...

Construction on a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Gilroy has been temporarily paused while federal attorneys prepare their response to a lawsuit challenging the project, according to opponents of the facility. The pause comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta and...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board voted Wednesday night to renew contracts that will keep school resource officers in three high schools across the district. The two items passed 4-2 with trustees Jessica Carrasco and Gabe Medina voting no. Trustee Joy Flynn was...