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A man who held police at bay while armed with a knife was arrested late at night on Sept. 4 outside a Herman Avenue home in Watsonville. At around 8:40pm, Watsonville Police officers responded to the 300 block of Herman Avenue following reports of a...

  The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council held their Labor Day gathering at Romo Park in Watsonville on Sept. 2.  Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez (left) and Luis Alejo, Monterey County Supervisor (second from right) joined other county leaders and family members from Santa Cruz...

Watsonville City Councilman Jimmy Dutra was in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Tuesday, where jury selection began for his civil trial.  The trial is expected to last through Sept. 13, Judge Timothy Schmal told the mostly empty courtroom.  Dutra is accused of sexually abusing a boy...

Jennifer Holm, who has served for six years on the Trustee Area VII seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees—two terms as board president and one as vice president—will resign from the position effective Oct. 10. Holm says her decision stemmed...

Tim Silva has a great love affair with pizza. He knows what it takes to build a good pie, especially having worked with Pizza My Heart for the past 36 years. Silva, who is still part owner of the popular local pizza chain, recently ventured off...

Nearly three weeks after the Aug. 8 double shooting after a beach party at the Crow’s Nest restaurant rattled the Santa Cruz community, no arrests have been made. Two victims were shot multiple times and remain in critical condition this week. Police have not disclosed...

After opening a new fitness center on Green Valley Road in Watsonville just over a year ago, Toadal Fitness continues to expand services, including major renovations of the pool. The Watsonville club, at 25 Penny Lane, is part of a group of centers sprinkled around...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta was in Santa Cruz County on Thursday to announce the arrest of 22 people who are facing a total of 32 felony charges stemming from multiple burglaries of marijuana dispensaries throughout the Bay Area. Dubbed “Operation Sticky Fingers,” the arrests...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously appointed Undersheriff Chris Clark to take the agency’s lead role, a decision that was backed by several members of the public and the leaders of numerous agencies that addressed the board. This included both Santa...

Two people were injured Tuesday morning after a man slammed into a school bus holding dozens of students. The collision on the 900 block of Green Valley Road north of Casserly Road at 7:30am caused the bus to burst into flames. The driver, a 28-year-old male...