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Emergency officials deal with a solo-vehicle crash Friday on Carlton Road, east of Watsonville. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of the Toyota Tundra was not injured when he lost control while traveling south on Carlton Road at Coward Road at about...

After five months of negotiations, nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital have ratified a three-year contract that they say helps to improve patient safety and increase nurse retention. The California Nurses Association, which represents 250 nurses at the hospital, made the announcement on Dec. 9. It...

The Cabrillo College Board of Trustees voted Monday to defer renaming the college until 2028.  The 6-1 decision, with Trustee Steve Trujillo dissenting, ends a three-year process to replace the name Cabrillo with one unassociated with colonization. The Name Exploration Subcommittee that wrote the recommendation—whose members...

Multiple law agencies responded to a report of a man with a knife standing on a railroad crossing over Soquel Drive near Spreckels Drive in Aptos. The incident started at about 11:45am Friday. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office sent multiple deputies to the scene...

The California Highway Patrol is not only searching for speeding motorists and expired registrations: They’re also on the lookout for new officers. Israel Murillo Jr., public information officer with the Santa Cruz area CHP, was campaigning recently at the Santa Cruz County Fair with a...

Bicyclists in the annual AIDS/LifeCycle, a seven-day, 545-mile trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles, roll through Watsonville Monday morning. Since 1994, participants have raised more than $300 million for the HIV- and AIDS-related services. This year alone they raised more than $11,711,785.

PVUSD students to screen original films Students in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District will showcase their own film creations Tuesday at the Henry J. Mello Center during the district’s fourth annual Oscars Night. Put on by the Watsonville Film Festival and the Latino Film Institute’s...

Every year, as the fleeting summer days pass, staff and volunteers at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds prepare for the coming fair, which is at once a community celebration of the region’s agricultural bounty and an embrace of autumn. The first step in the Herculean...

WATSONVILLE—People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who poisoned two dogs in a residential backyard in Watsonville. PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch said the dogs—named Bruno and Luna—died “in agony”...