Crime, Fire & Courts

MEDICAL EMERGENCY Watsonville firefighters deal with a solo-vehicle rollover on Thursday, where an SUV barrel-rolled down a hillside on Main Street. Watsonville City spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said a man driving a Mazda SUV appears to have had a medical  emergency while driving past the...

Editor's note: this story has been updated with a response from Lookout CEO Ken Doctor. A 22-year-old woman accused of threatening the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees last month has been arrested. Tanya Diaz was charged with making a criminal threat, a felony....

A 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student who died after a car plunged off West Cliff Drive and landed upside down in the ocean Aug. 13 has been identified by a family member as Alli Renee Singh. Singh’s aunt, Monica Singh-Strohmeier, identified her in a Facebook...

A San Jose man was arrested in Capitola on Oct. 5 on suspicion of the murder of a woman in San Jose.  Venko Gospodinov was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for murder.  On Sunday around 2:50am, San Jose Police responded to a residence in...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred on Oct. 10 around 11:30pm, in the area of Center Avenue and Sea Terrace Way in Aptos. Deputies responded to reports of gunfire, and while searching the area they found evidence and available...

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...

Following the March 18 arrest of a 24-year-old Watsonville man for unlawful sexual intercourse with an underage girl, investigators have now added more charges that have expanded across state lines. Darwin Linares was initially arrested by Watsonville Police in March after he was found in...

Watsonville firefighters clean up the scene of a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Martinelli Street. The male driver of a pickup was traveling north on Martinelli around 10:15am when he plowed into the nose of a Jeep SUV with a female driver. According to...

A Watsonville firefighter cleans up at the scene of a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on Center Street in Watsonville. Watsonville police said the female driver of an Infiniti G 35 was travelling eastbound on Center Street just east of Beck Street around 2:45 pm...