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January 21, 2026

Election 2018: Sales tax passes, housing bond headed for defeat

Measure G, a countywide measure to add a half-cent sales tax in unincorporated areas for emergency and city services, has passed with 63.17 percent of votes in favor.

Truck flips, catches fire in Felton

Incident occurred just north of Rincon Fire.

Man fleeing police crashes on motorcycle

Monterey County Sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers investigated a solo motorcycle crash on San Miguel Canyon Road near Lewis Road in Royal Oaks Sunday night after the driver reportedly fled from police.

Capitola man dies in solo car crash

An 81-year-old man died Monday afternoon after driving his 2016 Chevrolet Spark into a utility pole on Soquel Drive in Santa Cruz.

Series of earthquakes hit San Benito County

Largest measured at 4.1 magnitude.

RTC hires new executive director

Guy Preston has been hired as the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s new executive director, the agency recently announced.

Annual literacy event held at Starlight Elementary

Groups of elementary students, many in their Halloween costumes, gathered in Starlight Elementary School’s quad Wednesday for the annual “Un Libro a La Vez” (“One Book at a Time”) reading event.

Internationally-known songstress coming to Watsonville

WATSONVILLE — Turtle Heart will present an evening of reggae and soul at the Appleton Event Center, 410 Rodriguez St. in Watsonville, on Saturday at 9 p.m., featuring internationally-known songstress Saritah.

Fox to move headquarters to Georgia

Fox Factory Holding Corp announced Wednesday that it will move some of its operations from Watsonville to Reno, Nev. next spring, while relocating its corporate headquarters in Scotts Valley to its existing offices in Georgia by the end of the year.

Dependency attorneys grappling with funding cuts

Every day in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Family Law Division in Watsonville, a small team of attorneys who specialize in family law advocate for children and their parents as they move through the often impersonal machinations of the legal system.
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Body discovered during search for 73-year-old hiker

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office announced the discovery of a body in a densely-wooded area off of Ice Cream Grade on the north...