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NIGHT BLAZE Firefighters from around the Pajaro Valley stage a battle against a fire that erupted in a single-story home on the 100 block of DeLaney Road in Watsonville Saturday night. The fire was reported just after 9pm after several callers reported two loud...

Donations from local agencies have led to the completion of a new outdoor dining area at the Salvation Army in Watsonville.  The Second Harvest Food Bank, the Santa Cruz Community Foundation and a local citizen, were the primary donors for the 50-by-33-foot metal canopy that...

Two women were hurt early Thursday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 129 (Riverside Road) east of Watsonville.

A man was arrested Feb. 1 after surveillance footage caught him using a torch lighter to damage a city elevator.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a resolution denying a request from AT&T to be released from its requirements to provide landline services to Santa Cruz County. While the resolution—which will be sent to the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC)—carries little...

Jess Brown and Martina O'Sullivan take the stage at the "Be a Hunger Hero" kickoff event for Second Harvest Food Bank's Holiday Food & Fund Drive 2017.

An 11-year-old boy was removed from his Bayview Elementary School classroom after barricading himself there after an outburst, Santa Cruz Police spokeswoman Joyce Blaschke said Wednesday.

Watsonville resident Don Spence, a Korean War veteran, added another chapter to his own story in April, when he went on an Honor Flight with 25 other veterans.

At 63 years, the Santa Cruz Follies is the longest-running organization that uses the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, said director Kris Wheeler.