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December 7, 2025

Aptos Junior High School robotics wins top award

Teams from schools around the Monterey Bay, Central Valley and San Francisco Bay area tested their skills in engineering, robotics and electronics—as well as their business acumen—at Watsonville High School on  April 26. The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Monterey Bay Regional Remotely Operated Vehicles...

County schools receive nearly $1 million with help from Warriors, MBEP

With help from the Santa Cruz Warriors and the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s MBEP Scholars Program, Santa Cruz County schools have received $986,500 in additional district funding since 2016, the organizations announced recently.

Supervisors get look at revised budget

If the Trump administration moves forward with plans to make sweeping cuts to health and human services as it hammers out its current budget, it will have far-reaching and profound impacts nationwide. This includes to Santa Cruz County, where one-third of the people who receive...

International dance and music conference comes to Santa Cruz County

“Reinforcing Cultural Identity,” a conference packed with classes, performances and more is set to run Aug. 15-25 at various venues within Cabrillo College, PVUSD and the City of Watsonville.  Having recently returned from Veracruz, Mexico, local Esperanza del Valle members, Janet Johns, Ruby Vasquez and...

Pedestrian hit, killed on Hwy. 1

A  73-year-old Santa Cruz man was struck by a car and killed early Friday morning on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz. The California Highway Patrol said the man, for unknown reasons, was walking on southbound Hwy 1, north of Soquel Avenue around 5am. CHP officers responded...

Quake rocks coast

A brief but powerful earthquake rocked the Monterey and San Francisco bay areas early Thursday.

Yahiro falls behind in PVUSD race

Daniel Dodge Jr. has pulled ahead of Pajaro Valley Unified School District incumbent trustee Willie Yahiro in the race for the Trustee Area 4 seat, election results updated Tuesday showed.

County seeks input on strategic plan

The County of Santa Cruz is looking for the public's input on its first-ever strategic plan.
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K9 helps nab suspect, find drugs, cash, gun

A man was arrested Dec. 4 after Monterey County Sheriff's deputies found drugs, cash and a loaded gun in a vehicle. Around 3:15pm, detectives with...

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