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People take part in an anti-violence rally Sunday in Watsonville's City Plaza as part of a memorial for Feliciano Martinez Perea, 18, who was shot and killed on April 2 at his home on Riverside Drive. Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said officers...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville police will start handing out fines to tenants and property owners for illegal fireworks if there is evidence that they were bought, sold or set off at the property, the department announced Tuesday. Before the move, an officer needed to catch someone in the...

Two people were arrested in Hollister on Feb. 6 after they allegedly broke into Hollister High School’s livestock section and slaughtered a pig and a goat. The pair then loaded the pig’s carcass into a school wheelbarrow and left, the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office...

Three early-day manholes in Watsonville are headed for the history books.

The 25th annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival is on cue for a three-day family-oriented bash starting today.

Longtime Watsonville resident Virginia Varni recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends.  She was born on Jan. 11, 1923 in Breckenridge, Texas to Charles and Grace Leonard. The family moved to Southern California and Varni gave the first-ever radio broadcast from first...

MacQuiddy Elementary students were given a special treat Friday when local farmer Javier Zamora visited during lunch break to teach them about strawberries.

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday approved several changes to its Community Development Block Grant funding plan from the previous fiscal year and accepted an early funding plan for the 2020-21 fiscal year. The amendments to the 2019-20 fiscal year were needed because the City...