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Teen Kitchen Project is looking for volunteer drivers to deliver food to those in need.

WATSONVILLE—A buggy that once transported people along the streets of San Jose in the 1880s and ‘90s is now on display at the Agricultural History Project, restored and with a fresh coat of paint. Hassan Zamani, who has volunteered with the AHP for two years,...

Watsonville native Richard Gurnee, who revolutionized the field of scientific taxidermy by pioneering a freeze-drying technique still employed worldwide, died in October after a brief illness. He was 87. Gurnee graduated from Watsonville High School in 1954, and then studied zoology at Humboldt State University. But...

About 30 people from various organizations formed a community cleanup Wednesday on a slice of private property on Airport Boulevard at Pajaro Lane. Headed up by the office of Supervisor Felipe Hernandez, the crew got support from the County of Santa Cruz and the City...

One person is dead and two are in hospitals — one of them charged with murder — after a double shooting in a residence high in the hills above Aptos.

Watsonville Police secure a crime scene around a section of the Pajaro River levee Saturday morning where a passerby discovered the body of a man hanging from a tree around 9am. Watsonville Police said it appeared the man had been hanging from the tree...

UPDATE (Oct. 27, 10 a.m.): PG&E has established the following locations to provide residents power, water and information. People can charge phones and powered medical devices between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. The centers will stay open until power is restored.  • Siltanen Park next to...

WATSONVILLE—After months of being shuttered during the countywide response to Covid-19, Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter’s (SCCAS) Watsonville location has opened once again. The reopening came a few days before the Fourth of July, a holiday known to cause lost pets and disrupted wildlife from...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council at the tail end of its Tuesday night meeting approved plans to reconvene today to discuss a resolution in support of the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC) business plan for construction and operation of a passenger rail line...

A 19-year-old Watsonville man was arrested Thursday after an underage girl told police he had been sexually abusing her for several years.