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WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to use a package of federal funds to repair roofs on buildings district-wide, in addition to other maintenance issues. The district will also use part of its $52.76 million in Elementary...

APTOS—A man was stabbed during an altercation in the driveway of an Aptos home on the 5900 block of Freedom Boulevard early Monday morning. Ashley Keehn, spokeswoman for the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies were dispatched to a report of a stabbing around...

WATSONVILLE—A 14-year-old Watsonville High School student was arrested Monday after police found him with a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun, City of Watsonville spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said. The school was briefly locked down after someone reported seeing a person with a...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved contracts with Watsonville Police Department and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office to place uniformed law enforcement officials at the district’s three comprehensive high schools as school resource officers (SROs). These SROs will...

Watsonville Fire Capt. Matt Ryan (right) and other firefighters help size up a fire that broke out on the second floor of a home at 129 Landis Ave. Thursday.

UPDATE: Soquel Drive has reopened. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Westbound Soquel Drive at Cabrillo College is closed indefinitely after a trailer hauling an excavator struck a pedestrian bridge. The collision occurred at about 12:30pm at Cabrillo College Drive. California Highway Patrol is advising motorists to avoid the area, and...

Watsonville-based German polka band The Thirsty Nine will once again perform at Oktoberfest Santa Cruz on Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 801 High St. in Santa Cruz.

Police detain a man on suspicion of auto theft after they stopped him in a Honda Civic that was stolen out of Gilroy on the 900 block of Main Street Tuesday.

WATSONVILLE—Two dozen bicyclists rolled into Watsonville Monday on the second stop of the annual Fire Velo bike ride. Their week-long journey started in Sausalito and ends in Los Angeles. Fire Velo is a national cycling organization that promotes physical and mental wellness in the fire...

The Never Forget Memorial Relay was held Sunday in Aptos Village Park. The eighth annual  event featured 33  teams of four from police and fire departments, California State Parks, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office, the county Probation Department and others whose teams...