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Firefighters from Pajaro Valley Fire and Watsonville Fire douse a fire that engulfed a motorboat, a motorcycle, a tent and a wood fence Wednesday afternoon on the 100 block of Lita Lane.

The Watsonville Police Department donated $6,193 to the Katz Cancer Resource Center at Dominican Hospital on Tuesday.

Ohlone Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Day on Wednesday, an event that allowed each student to score a free book.

A man was taken to a trauma center Tuesday afternoon after being stabbed in a suspected gang attack.

Monte Vista Christian School varsity basketball coach Hasan Houston was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of domestic battery, police records show.

Every year, a group of Watsonville High School students takes a day away from classes for a glimpse at the possibilities their futures could hold.

Police arrested a Watsonville man Monday afternoon on suspicion of attempted homicide.

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.

A bobcat was caught on camera in broad daylight on the Green Valley Road property of Joan and Bob Culbertson of Watsonville. They said the photo, taken with their newest motion-sensor camera, was the best one of a bobcat they’ve ever captured.