Local lawmakers ask feds for more flood control dollars
The National Association of Counties voted Saturday to urge federal authorities to focus more federal flood control funding on low-income communities.
R-P reporter honored by CSBA
The California School Boards Association (CSBA) recently selected Todd Guild, a longtime reporter for the Register-Pajaronian, as one of 25 recipients of the Golden Quill Award, presented in recognition of fair, insightful and accurate reporting on public school news by print, broadcast and online news media representatives.
Good Times purchases Watsonville Pajaronian
Founded as The Pajaronian on Mar. 5, 1868, the newspaper has an illustrious history. It became the nation’s smallest daily paper to earn a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 1956 after its photographer caught the county’s district attorney participating in illegal gambling.
Shots fired in downtown Santa Cruz
Shots were fired but no one was injured in some form of dispute Wednesday afternoon in downtown Santa Cruz.
Man killed in Davenport crash
A man was killed Sunday afternoon on Highway 1 in Davenport when his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Popular local band to perform at 11th annual Testicle Festival
The Testicle Festival, put on every year by the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, will be held on Aug. 24, 3-7 p.m., at Estrada Deer Camp in Watsonville.
Annual apple pie contest announced; deadline Sept. 3
The Santa Cruz County Fair is fast-approaching, and with it comes the 43rd annual Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Apple Pie Baking Contest.
Try This | Sept. 20, 2019
A weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.
Sharks’ magical postseason run ends following loss to Santa Clara in...
St. Francis graduate Nash Horton was a freshman when the baseball team won their first-ever Central Coast Section title three years ago. He had...