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September 20, 2025

Gazing skyward to the eclipse

Thousands of people across Santa Cruz County—and millions more throughout the U.S.—took a pause late Monday morning to look to the skies for a phenomenon that will not happen again for two decades. Californians saw only 30% of the sun being blotted out by the...

'Swing Into Spring' returns

The Aptos History Museum's annual "Swing Into Spring" fundraiser returns on Sunday from 3-5:30 p.m. at the Seacliff Inn and the museum.

Hundreds line up for Narcan distribution

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On Monday afternoon, a call came over police radio that emergency workers have become all too familiar with: a man had overdosed on Fentanyl and was unconscious.  Watsonville Police found the man in an alley behind a shopping center. They quickly administered Narcan, a drug...

City: Firework waste an issue for Watsonville’s beaches

A cleanup at Watsonville’s Palm Beach was held Thursday morning in an effort to dispose of waste from the Fourth of July holiday.

Santa Cruz Police looking for stabbing suspect

Santa Cruz Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed two people Friday night in the downtown area.

Two vying for seat on PVUSD Trustee Area 6

Jessica Carrasco is challenging incumbent Adam Scow for the Trustee Area 6 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees. in the Nov. 5 election. She says her experience teaching, working with a local nonprofit and her time on the Watsonville Parks...

Planning Commission pushes for 3 dispensaries, asks city to favor local, minority applicants

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Planning Commission on Tuesday made several recommendations to the City Council on proposed changes to the city’s cannabis ordinances. The body’s recommendations were a near carbon copy of those provided by staff with an additional amendment asking the city to favor local and...

Car bursts into flames after pursuit

A sedan is fully engulfed in flames Wednesday on the Buena Vista exit in Watsonville

Asian gypsy moth detected in county

An Asian gypsy moth has recently been detected at a Santa Cruz residence and is considered to be highly dangerous to crops, trees and homes, county officials warned.

Lawmakers, officials pushing for faster Pajaro levee repairs

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PAJARO—A little more than a month after the Pajaro Levee broke and released waves of roiling river water that laid waste to homes, businesses and crops in Pajaro, a group of local, state and federal lawmakers gathered near the river in Monterey County on...
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A “place of healing”—Tiny home village unveiled

With a small handful of finishing touches still left to complete on a tiny home village in Westview Presbyterian Church’s parking lot in Watsonville,...