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Watsonville Police Detectives have arrested a man who filmed himself sexually assaulting at least two children.

A large group of county officials and nonprofit leaders gathered at the Santa Cruz County Government Building Thursday to show support for the immigrant community in the wake of Donald Trump’s rise to the U.S. Presidency. Trump has promised mass deportations of the nation’s immigrant...

A series of probation checks around Watsonville on Thursday resulted in three arrests.

All schools, county parks and facilities remain open.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County launched a pilot program on April 8 to provide free menstrual products in restrooms in select county facilities, including at the Watsonville center on Freedom Boulevard. The program aims to assist low-income residents who struggle to afford menstrual products, said...

WATSONVILLE—As most schools throughout Pajaro Valley Unified School District go dormant for the summer, work crews will be performing maintenance and upgrade work in preparation for the 2022-23 school year. A total of five of these schools will be getting major upgrades thanks to Measure...

The annual Veterans Day parade returned this year after being canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. About three dozen local veterans marched down Main Street and up Beach Street to the Mello Center for a celebration of their service in the armed forces.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—In early November 2021, Meals on Wheels’ (MOW) congregate meal sites reopened to older adults across Santa Cruz County for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Staff and volunteers from MOW, a program of umbrella organization Community Bridges, combined their...