Photo: Major injures in hillside plunge
Emergency officials pull the driver out of a Honda Civic on Hecker Pass Tuesday.
The California Highway Patrol said the male driver and a male passenger were traveling east on Hecker Pass Road (Hwy 152) at 2:45pm when the driver lost control. The Honda...
Rivas authors bill to speed up Pajaro levee rebuild
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on Tuesday introduced legislation intended to speed up the $400 million rebuild of the Pajaro River Levee.
Assembly Bill 876 would expedite the work by exempting certain aspects of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The bill would also weigh...
PHOTO: Tea for history
The Pajaro Valley Historical Association's annual Holiday Tea took place Sunday at the Bockius-Orr House and Borina Archive.
Sweet treats galore | Try This
Todd Guild
FOOD: Freedom Bakery
I had a sweet tooth one morning, so I thought I’d check out Freedom Bakery.
Tucked incongruously into a strip of industrially-zoned businesses, the place is not easy to find. But it’s worth checking out, if only to see what this unique...
Mariners sail to victory against Mustangs | Girls basketball
APTOS—It took two weeks for Aptos High junior Jaylen Dang and the rest of the girls basketball team to get back into action after quarantining due to Covid-19 testing results.
The junior guard picked up right where she left off, scoring a team-high 13 points...
Watsonville woman dies in Highway 17 crash
SCOTTS VALLEY—A 73-year-old Watsonville woman died in a solo-vehicle crash on Highway 17 early Tuesday. She has been identified as Maria Isabel Reyes, according to Ashley Keehn of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said Reyes was driving a...
Sinkhole closes lane, off-ramp on Hwy 1
A major repair project on a large sinkhole continued Monday on northbound Highway 1 at Buena Vista Drive. Heavy rains contributed to the crater opening up just off the highway south of the northbound Buena Vista exit.
Climate change survey results to be unveiled
The results of a two-month survey designed to gain insight on how climate change is affecting local residents will be unveiled during an event on Thursday.
All evacuation warnings lifted for Watsonville
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police Department lifted all evacuation warnings in the City of Watsonville on Monday.
Access into Pajaro from Watsonville is still closed off by the Monterey County Sheriff's Office and will remain closed until Monterey County officials lift the road closures.
Santa Cruz County officials have...
Watsonville scores pair of second-half TDs to beat Pacific Grove |...
Watsonville junior quarterback Edwin Cornejo found his way running into the end zone late in the fourth quarter, and the Wildcatz rallied back from...
