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Michael Trabue Day, 19, of San Jose, and Enrique Rocha, 20, of Watsonville, were charged with attempted homicide, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and participation in a criminal street gang. They were booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $900,000 bail, jail records showed.

The annual Dahlia Show by the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society will run Aug. 24-25 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.

"Try This" is a weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.

Watsonville police are looking for a man who fled a traffic stop in the 500 block of Auto Center Drive at about 2:30 p.m. today.

Ivan Alcaraz spent the entirety of his childhood education in Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

The monthly First Friday Art Tour is gaining traction in Santa Cruz, especially over the summer when blended with the Cooper Street Festival.

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

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.

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.

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