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November 18, 2025

Newsom sworn in as state's 40th governor

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was sworn in Monday and immediately drew sharp battle lines with President Donald Trump, pledging to enact "progressive, principled" policies as the antidote to the White House's "corruption and incompetence."

Man arrested after punching, robbing boy

A man was arrested Jan. 4 after he reportedly punched a boy in the face and stole his cell phone.

Charter school to make final appeal

A charter school organization that has been rejected twice by Santa Cruz County education officials in its efforts to establish a school in Watsonville will make a final attempt Wednesday when it appeals to the California Department of Education in Sacramento.

Major standoff closes Main Street for hours

Incident resolved peacefully.

Food Drive barrels ahead

Second Harvest Food Bank is still in its most intense time of the year, where it is asking the community to organize the dozens of local food and fund drives throughout the county, in an annual program known as the Holiday Food and Fund Drive.

Makerspace promoting community memberships

Cabrillo College Makerspace is currently promoting its community membership programs and equipment trainings, which start up again this month at the Aptos campus.

Large PG&E outage hits Watsonville

Pacific Gas and Electric estimates around 1,524 people lost power in Watsonville Friday afternoon.

Coastal Rail Trail breaking ground Jan. 10

On Jan. 10, the Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail & Trail, the Regional Transportation Commission and the City of Santa Cruz will come together to celebrate the groundbreaking of the first segment of the 32-mile Coastal Rail Trail.

Community briefs, Jan. 4, 2019

Community briefs, Jan. 4, 2019

Highway 1 plan receives environmental approval

An environmental report for the Highway 1 Corridor Investment Program has recently been completed and approved, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission announced.
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Man and daughter die at Garrapata State Beach

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a man and his 7-year old daughter died at Garrapata State Beach Nov. 14 after being swept...

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