Local News

A man described by police as a person of interest in a shooting that left nine people hurt in San Francisco June 9 was arrested in Santa Cruz Wednesday evening following a high-speed chase that started in Watsonville. Javier Campos, 22, was taken into custody...

Roughly 100 nurses who work at Watsonville Community Hospital gathered at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Nielsen Street Tuesday to call attention to a recent scheduling change they say affects the way they do their job. The nurses were speaking out against a decision...

The Pajaro Valley Unified District Board of Trustees on Wednesday tabled a plan to change the way art and music classes are allocated to its elementary schools. In delaying the vote, the board agreed to return to the discussion after a study session of the...

Students invited to apply to Young Supervisors Academy  Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez announced his Young Supervisors Academy for local high school and first-year college students.  The four-week program will be held at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Government Building. This program focuses...

The Cabrillo College Board Name Exploration Subcommittee is hosting a series of community forums regarding Cabrillo’s upcoming name change. During each forum, the top five potential finalists for a new name—Aptos College, Cajastaca College, Costa Vista College, Santa Cruz Coast College and Seacliff College—will be...

Crews from the Watsonville Public Works Department are starting up two large projects that will affect motor and foot traffic. On Monday, the Water Service crew began to replace a water main in the southbound lanes of South Green Valley Road between Main Street and...

A long-standing fitness center—Toadal Fitness—has opened a new location at 25 Penny Lane in Watsonville. With other locations sprinkled around the county including downtown Santa Cruz, Live Oak, Westside Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, the Watsonville location threw a soft opening Monday. “While the previous...

A longtime biotechnology researcher and public transportation advocate has lined up to challenge Santa Cruz County Supervisor Manu Koenig when his District 1 seat goes up for reelection early next year. Lani Faulkner kicked off her campaign on Sunday afternoon in a small, redwood-studded picnic...

Members of the Rotary Club of Freedom celebrate a new mural they sponsored next to Flodberg Park Tuesday. President Trina Coffman-Gomez (center) said artist Erika Rosendale (holding scissors) created the 100-foot mural that reflects the words, vibrant, freedom and playful. Rosendale has created numerous...

Members of Taiko San Francisco perform Saturday at the 29th annual Japanese Cultural Fair in Santa Cruz. The one-day event featured music and dance, a tea ceremony, ikebana (flower) and bonsai demonstrations and a kimono workshop, information tables and various Japanese goods for sale.