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Police officers in Stanislaus, Merced, San Joaquin, Tuolumne and Santa Clara counties are looking for a man who reportedly fled after gunning down a police officer in Newman, a small town about 90 miles east of San Jose.

Everywhere else has Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, but only Watsonville has the Holiday Factory Sale.

Around 300 people joined forces to repair a giant Black Lives Matter mural Sunday in downtown Santa Cruz. The work was a community response to the mural being damaged by two men in what prosecutors described as a hate crime for felony vandalism when they...

King tides, or the highest tides of the year, are expected to move into the Monterey Bay Area Wednesday through Friday. Dial Hoang, meteorologist with the National Weather Service of Monterey, said high tides could reach around six feet around Monterey Bay and even 7...

A woman wanders through the crowd on stilts Saturday at the second annual Salinas Festa Italia, a one-day family street festival that features the food, live music and culture of Italy. “The importance of the festival has been dedicated to the importance of family...

Steven Allee of Santa Cruz rolled onto the staging area at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville one Friday afternoon, ready to roar around the dirt track in his stock car against several other racers. While the April 12 race marked the fifth year he has taken...

MONTEREY—Two people aboard a twin-engine propellor airplane died Tuesday morning after the small aircraft slammed into a home in Monterey off of Highway 68. Eric Gutierrez, a safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, confirmed Wednesday that two people died when the Golden Eagle...

Attendees of the monthly Watsonville Wednesday gathering show off masks and other Halloween decorations Wednesday in Watsonville Plaza.