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SOQUEL—More than 1,000 Soquel residents are trapped in their neighborhood after raging waters tore away a huge chunk of Main Street early Thursday morning. According to Santa Cruz County spokesman Jason Hoppin, the damage began around 3am, as Bates Creek, which flows under North Main...

Nearly five years after Michael Escobar allegedly gunned down a man at a Watsonville hotel — and struck and killed a 4-year-old girl sitting inside a nearby restaurant — prosecutors are preparing for his jury trial.

A Hayward man has been arrested for taking multiple shots at a vehicle on Highway 1 in May, injuring a 3-year-old child and the male driver. Raphael Abduh-Salam, 33, is in custody in Contra Costa Jail. He will soon be transferred to Santa Cruz County...

WATSONVILLE — In the coming days, Amelia Earhart will visit Lisa Fowler’s classroom at Linscott Charter School, as will Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein and Rosa Parks. Of course, the actual pilot, president, theoretical physicist and civil rights acti

WATSONVILLE—Many in this year’s Pajaro Valley High School graduating class had heard about the battle to construct the school’s new athletic fields since their days in elementary school. PVHS graduate Yuliana Urrutia says she remembers overhearing her cousins talking about the field while she was...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—A group of local transportation organizers is hoping that, within the span of a decade, a passenger rail will run from Watsonville to Santa Cruz, making stops at hubs where busses will whisk passengers to further destinations.  For commuters who wish to eschew...

CASTROVILLE—Two large signs along Merritt Street just east of Highway 1 in Castroville now mark the site where, by spring of 2022, a new education and outreach center for Hartnell College will serve students throughout North Monterey County. The signs, installed Dec. 5, are also...

WATSONVILLE—An attorney for a business that has operated at Watsonville Municipal Airport for 56 years has filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration against the city of Watsonville and the airport. In the filing, attorney Glynn Falcon says that the airport has not fully...

A growing number of restaurants, cafes and pubs are shifting their furniture outdoors to accommodate customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Since indoor dining has been put on hold by county health officials, new patio, deck, porch, parking lot and sidewalk dining areas are springing...