WPD serves search warrant in quiet, senior-heavy neighborhood
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police shut down a portion of Lake Village Avenue off Tuttle Avenue for nearly two hours as they served a weapons search warrant in the normally sleepy, senior-heavy neighborhood.
Roughly two dozen police officers surrounded a house on the 800 block of Lake Village...
Santa Cruz County nets $30M ‘mega grant’ for Highway 1, rail trail work
APTOS—A $30 million “mega grant” from the federal government will go toward adding auxiliary lanes in one of the most congested areas of Highway 1 in Aptos, while building the next segment of the rail trail as well as bicycle and pedestrian overcrossings.
Rep. Jimmy...
More votes posted, results unchanged
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—As votes continue to be added to the county’s election results, the outcomes of local races and measures has remained unchanged: four Supervisor candidates are headed to a November runoff, three measures passed with a wide margin while Measure F—a half-cent sales...
A pageant win, a beautiful career
Araceli Gonzalez was at a crossroads in life looking for a new start when she went to a concert and saw a group of women dressed in vintage clothing from the 1940s and ’50s.
“I said, ‘I want to try that style,’” she said. “And...
Sergeant bids farewell to WPD
WATSONVILLE—As the aroma of sizzling meats, tortillas and salsa wafted across the parking lot of Watsonville Police Department May 11, a swarm of retired and current police officers and WPD staff gathered for a friendly send off to Sgt. Bryan Fuentez on his final...
METRO CEO Alex Clifford announces departure
SANTA CRUZ—Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) CEO Alex Clifford on Friday announced that he is leaving the agency effective Jan. 21.
Clifford will be CEO of the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD), he announced.
The announcement came six months after the METRO Board of...
Watsonville woman arrested on weapons charges
WATSONVILLE—The Santa Cruz County Anti-Crime Team (SCCACT) on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old woman at her Watsonville residence after they found several firearms, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Samantha Sanchez, 24, is on parole and is prohibited from owning either.
Sanchez is a known gang...
Open Studios comes to South County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — The annual Open Studios, a free self-guided tour of area art studios, opened last weekend and will run this weekend and the following.
The event, in its 34th year, invites the public into more than 300 artist studios across Santa Cruz and...
Team White records shutout to win Central Coast Football All-Star game...
The 40th Annual Central Coast High School All-Star Football Game was a one-sided affair as Team White crushed Team Black, 42-0, at Rabobank Stadium...
