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Regeneración-Pajaro Valley Climate Action will host an after school Youth Climate Rally today from 3:30-6 p.m. in the Watsonville City Plaza.

The families braved sweltering late-summer heat and waited in line for about an hour to get their much-needed items. But many of them live their lives facing far more insidious threats: poverty, coupled with arrest and deportation by immigration officials.

A group of homeless advocates plan to sue the City of Santa Cruz after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit stemming from the May 3 closure of the Ross Camp.

Photo Gallery, Sept. 19, 2019

A weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.

Almost as long as Germans themselves have been in Santa Cruz, so has the German-American Club of Santa Cruz.

The public is invited to join professional photographer and local bird enthusiast, John Hickok, tonight when he presents recent photos of birds from Texas, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.

An early morning fire blazed through several dozen towering redwood trees and knocked out power around Corralitos Wednesday on Corralitos Road near Varni Road.

Watsonville, incorporated in 1868, was selected for its “historic nature” and its many historical societies and museums that celebrate “everything from the region’s rich agricultural heritage to its fire department,” according to the State Library’s website.

Elias Gutierrez, 47, is suspected of selling marijuana illegally along with his son, 27-year-old Eli Gutierrez. He returns to court later this month for his preliminary hearing.