Local News

Yesenia Pavez, 27, was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail. She was not in custody Wednesday morning, jail records showed.

David Bordeaux, 15, ran away from a Watsonville group home and no one has heard or seen from him since mid-July.

Watsonville firefighters are responding to a crash at the intersection of Freedom and Airport boulevards, where the driver of a Ford F-150 truck lost control, tore through a planter bed and a wooden fence and then crashed into a vehicle parked at an urgent care clinic.

According to SCPD Sgt. Gregg Crofts, officers responded to a report of shots fired about 11:20 p.m. Everyone involved had fled, but officers located evidence and interviewed witnesses.

“Strawberry Picker,” a black and white work from Watsonville native Juan Fuentes that depicts a Latinx fieldworker shadowed by an indigenous ancestor, received unanimous approval from the commission at the public meeting.

A man was killed Sunday afternoon on Highway 1 in Davenport when his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic, the California Highway Patrol reported.

News from About Town for the week of Aug. 12.

This Wednesday, Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) will open “Plein Air: Our Bounty,” an exhibit featuring works by local Plein air artists.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County, together with Mission Hospice & Home Care in San Mateo and The Elizabeth Hospice in San Diego, have announced the formation of the California Hospice Network

About 50 people gathered for the annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day of Remembrance.