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Nationwide, less than 15 percent of police officers are women, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and in Watsonville, that number is even lower.

In celebration of California Arbor Week, two new tree planting efforts are underway in Watsonville this week.

California Highway Patrol officers on Tuesday arrested a Monterey woman after a 30-mile pursuit down Highway 1 that ended when her minivan became stuck, and she climbed in the back to drink a bottle of cognac, CHP Officer Sam Courtney said.

Observations from around the Pajaro Valley.

A 28-year-old Coralitos woman suffered severe leg trauma Saturday after she was pinned against her vehicle by a driver at Pinto Lake County Park, who then fled on foot, California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney said.

A Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge ruled Monday that prosecutors have enough evidence for a trial in the case of a man who shot his girlfriend and stabbed her husband in a rural Aptos residence during an attack in late January.

Kaiser Permanente has granted $150,000 to the Watsonville-based Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. (CAB) to provide housing resources to 75-100 homeless or “housing-insecure” families in South County, according to a press release.

A man who shot his ex-wife and her friend multiple times in a December 2016 attack was found guilty Friday after a jury trial, Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosell announced.

A San Jose man was arrested Thursday for driving under the influence of alcohol after allegedly rolling his vehicle, and then driving to a Scotts Valley residence, California Highway Patrol Officer Sam Courtney said.