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Watsonville Police set up on White Street in Watsonville Thursday just after 11am where they tracked down a 17-year-old male who ran from them while armed with a handgun. Police were initially alerted about a person on the Watsonville High campus before 11am who...

Now a pile of rubble surrounded by a chain-link fence, the businesses that were Val TV Radio VCR Service and Tamara’s Hair Salon at 8 Porter Drive have sat dormant since a fire destroyed them in January 2017.

Event is the nonprofit organization's biggest fundraiser of the year.

A fire in Seascape Beach Resort Monday was sparked when a guest used rubbing alcohol to clean a marijuana pipe, not by an illegal hash oil lab, as firefighters initially said, said Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Cleveland.

A man wanted on suspicion of murder in the San Francisco Bay Area was stopped and arrested Friday evening in Santa Cruz. According to Israel Murillo of the California Highway Patrol, officers on patrol spotted the suspect’s vehicle—a Hyundai Elantra—traveling in the area of Seabright...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Pajaro riverbed. Ashley Keehn, spokeswoman for the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, said the victim has been identified as John Michael Peña, 41. Michelle Pulido, spokeswoman for Watsonville Police, said detectives were called to the scene of...

WATSONVILLE—A 53-unit affordable housing development planned for the heart of Freedom Boulevard received a $2 million loan thanks to Monterey Bay Economic Partnership and Housing Trust Silicon Valley, the agencies announced Thursday evening. The development will bring much-needed affordable housing for families earning 20-60% of...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disparate impact on communities nationwide, with Latinx and Black communities experiencing greater impacts than white ones. That is according to a report heard Tuesday by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. The report, presented by Health Services...

CALIFORNIA—Vincent Marquez will be the first to say he has not led a perfect life.  He is in Soledad State Prison for a 2008 burglary conviction, serving sentences totaling more than four decades that could keep the 65-year-old incarcerated until 2041. But he hopes to change...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The County of Santa Cruz announced that five local food businesses have been chosen to deliver fresh, nutritious meals to hundreds of local seniors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Great Plates Delivered serves food to vulnerable older adults through a federal economic stimulus for...