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The Watsonville Police Department is warning the public to beware of so-called virtual kidnappings, where suspects threaten victims without laying a hand on them.

Juan Manuel Corona, 60, has been charged with lewd and lascivious acts against a child, false imprisonment, and rape by force or fear. He is being held in Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Cabrillo College’s Fall 2019 semester begins Monday, and with it comes the school’s first art exhibition of the school year.

Imperial County Sheriff’s deputies have located a teen who ran away from a Watsonville group home in mid-July.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community to be on the lookout after a man tried to grab a 13-year-old girl as she walked on the 7000 block of Highway 9 Monday afternoon.

A celebration 90 years in the making is underway at the California Highway Patrol.

Observations from the Pajaro Valley and beyond.

Three people – one of them an infant – suffered serious injuries Friday night in a head-on collision near Hecker Pass.

The Northern Monterey County Foundation (NMCF) for the third year awarded $34,000 over a dozen grants to nonprofits serving North Monterey County residents.

Pajaro Valley Pride’s annual celebration returned in a different capacity this year—with a brand new location and more activities. The Watsonville YWCA invited the non-profit to use its facility on East Beach Street, prompting the organization to move the event from downtown.