Crime, Fire & Courts

The parents of a 14-year-old girl at the center of the Baby Angelita investigation have both been arrested, days after the girl was found safe in Mexico. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested the victim’s mother, Ofelia Garcia Ortega, 36, Tuesday afternoon at the Salinas...

The man running for the Area 5 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees has been arrested on felony charges. Curt Wilcox faces felony charges of perjury, improper voter registration and filing a false declaration of candidacy, according to court records. The...

Brett Miller, a Watsonville man with a 40-year history of wild crimes, is going back to prison for two years after 15 years of freedom. Miller, 62, was sentenced on Wednesday by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Nancy de la Peña. Miller had earlier...

An 81-year-old woman suffered major injuries early Monday after she was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run crash that led to an arrest two days later of a 78-year-old woman. The victim was walking across Cynthia Drive at Tuttle Avenue around 6:30am in the...

A Santa Cruz man pleaded not guilty Monday to felony vehicular manslaughter, impaired driving and suspended license charges for a recent fatal collision involving a bicyclist in Soquel Village. Eric Joseph Poore, 41, appeared Monday before Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Nancy de la...

Emergency officials prepare to whisk an 80 year old woman to the hospital early Monday rafter she was struck by an SUV in the senior neighborhood of Pajaro Village in Watsonville. She was walking across Cynthia Drive at Tuttle Street around 6:20am when the...

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...