Watsonville Police aid in sideshow roundup
Watsonville Police teamed up with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office in helping locate and impound one of five vehicles related to the illegal sideshow event that took place Feb. 2.
A joint enforcement operation took place that night with multiple law enforcement agencies. Based on...
Two E-bikes collide on Soquel Drive
The California Highway Patrol is reminding the public to remember laws governing motorized bicycles after a child suffered minor injuries recently when two of the bikes collided on Soquel Drive near Capitola.
Both riders were minors, the CHP said.
The CHP defines a motorized bicycle as...
Man arrested for string of violent incidents
A Hollister man was arrested Aug. 19 after months of investigation into a series of violent incidents earlier this year.
Enrique Fuentes, 37, was charged with shooting into an occupied residence and gang enhancements. He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail without bail, jail...
Three injured in mobile home fire
Three people were injured Tuesday morning when a fire broke out at a mobile home in the Portola Heights Mobile Home park on Freedom Boulevard.
The fire erupted at 7:15am in unit 25 on Cresti Way.
One neighbor who used the name Erika said she ran...
Car stop leads to stolen gun, drugs, arrest
Monterey County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Castroville man Wednesday during a car stop for possession of a stolen handgun and a half pound of methamphetamine.
Around 12:24pm a deputy conducted a car stop for vehicle code violations in the 10700 block of Merritt Street in...
Man shot to death in Main Street business center
A 34-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night near a suite of restaurants and businesses that includes Chipotle and Habit Burger on the 1300 block of Main Street at Auto Center Drive.
Police got a call about 8:30pm of shots fired and a person...
Woman dies in head-on crash in Felton
A Felton woman died early Saturday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 9 north of Felton.
The California Highway Patrol said the 80-year-old woman was driving a red 1967 Volkswagen Beetle northbound on Hwy 9 at an undetermined speed around 8:20am.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old Santa...
Photo story: Car smashes into utility pole
A car shot off of northbound Green Valley Road at Doering Lane around 5:30am Tuesday and sheered a utility pole off at the base.
The car then careened across a sidewalk and through a wood fence before coming to a stop in an agricultural field.
California...
Monterey County DA probes CHP fatal shooting
Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni has begun an investigation into an officer-involved shooting on the Highway 101 northbound at Ralph Lane in Prunedale on March 15.
The California Highway Patrol was dispatched to a report of a solo vehicle collision with a guardrail on...
‘Catz football claws their way back to beat MVC | Weeklys...
Watsonville sophomore Noel Navarro had three rushing touchdowns, and the Wildcatz defeated Monte Vista Christian, 42-41, in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division-North football...
