Crime, Fire & Courts

A 23-year-old motorcyclist died Sept. 23 morning following a collision with a pickup on Corralitos Road, the California Highway Patrol said. CHP officers responded at about 7:01am to the intersection of Corralitos and Merk roads. According to CHP, a 61-year-old Watsonville man was driving a white...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark is opposing the proposed placement of a man designated as a sexually violent predator at a home in the Santa Cruz Mountains, citing concerns about the remote location and potential difficulties for law enforcement. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s...

Watsonville Police investigate a two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Clifford Avenue at Lassen Way. Around 10:40am, a woman was driving a Nissan Rogue SUV east on Clifford Avenue on the 100 block. For unknown reasons she lost control and sideswiped a parked Honda Civic....

A 22-year-old man is facing fraud and identity theft charges in a skimming investigation that spans the state. According to Watsonville police, the investigation started earlier this month when an employee found a skimming device during a routine ATM maintenance check at Bay Federal Credit...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection with the homicide that happened early Aug. 6 in Castroville. Just after 2am that morning, deputies responded to a report of a stabbing in the area of Merritt Street and Preston Street. They found...

A Las Vegas man was arrested Friday after leading police on a chase with a 3-year-old in the vehicle. Capitola police did not name the 41-year-old suspect.  But the Santa Cruz County inmate locator shows that Jacob Blake Miller, 41, was charged with evading officers, obstructing...

The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old girl connected to the investigation into the death of a newborn found near Watsonville last month. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that it is searching for Diana Galvez Ortega and her...

This story was updated with information about the arrest of the driver. A former version of this story had the name of the store misspelled. Three people were hurt when an SUV plowed through the front of the 98 Cents Store on Freedom Boulevard Friday. Edwin...

An investigation that began with a traffic stop accelerated when investigators found multiple firearms, firearm suppressors, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, firearm manufacturing components and methamphetamine in a Monterey County residence. Richard Orin Johnson was charged with manufacture or possession of an undetectable firearm, assembling a firearm...

A Watsonville man was arrested Friday morning after he reportedly threatened people with a knife. Juan Carlos Aparicio, 23, was arrested and booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail, where he is facing charges for brandishing a weapon, trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting...