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WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will consider restoring its School Resource Officer (SRO) program, just over one year after they canceled it.  The trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday to discuss the issue during an emergency meeting on Sept. 15. The meeting will...

A Moss Landing man died early Friday morning in a vehicle crash on Highway 1. The California Highway Patrol said that the 28-year-old victim was riding a 2017 Suzuki motorcycle around 6:58am on Highway 1 when a man, driving a Dodge Ram pickup, pulled onto...

Two men stopped for a traffic violation Saturday morning were arrested after police found a loaded gun, a high-capacity magazine and additional ammunition.

WATSONVILLE—Rebecca Garcia could not wait to start her mayorship. Days before the longtime public servant was sworn in at the tail end of Tuesday night’s Watsonville City Council meeting, she had already had multiple meetings with City Manager Matt Huffaker and asked him to prepare...

WATSONVILLE—As the pandemic recedes—along with the stay-at-home education model that upended the 2020-21 school year—thousands of young people across the county are set to return to the classroom in the fall. This will be no easy task, as legions of students now accustomed to learning...

MONTEREY COUNTY—Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday arrested two brothers at a residence in the unincorporated area of Las Lomas after a woman was found dead. Miguel Casillas-Cervantes, 27, was booked into Monterey County Jail for child endangerment, and manslaughter in lieu of $55,000 bail,...

Students in Watsonville High School’s Hope Club unveiled a “Peace Pole” Friday during a community-wide peace ceremony at the campus library. The permanent monument, engraved with the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in eight languages, was created to serve as a cornerstone of the...

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