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WATSONVILLE—A crew from Watsonville Public Works is continuing a city-wide project to enhance the safety of crosswalks. The multiphase job has already completed numerous “high visibility” crosswalks at a number of downtown intersections on Rodriguez, Union and Brennan streets. Assistant Director of Public Works Maria...

APTOS—Cabrillo College will host its annual College and Career Night tonight at the college’s Aptos campus. The event, which will run from 6-8 p.m., is free to attend and is open to all students, parents and prospective students. The event will feature presentations by instructors and...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Josh Rocha stood on the sidelines with 40 seconds left in the game, watching every second tick away until the scoreboard read all zeros.  “I was just soaking it in, this is my last time I’m ever going to put on this...

Araceli Gonzalez was at a crossroads in life looking for a new start when she went to a concert and saw a group of women dressed in vintage clothing from the 1940s and ’50s. “I said, ‘I want to try that style,’” she said. “And...

CALIFORNIA—The U.S. Census Bureau has started its final round of hiring for the 2020 Census, which begins in March.  The agency is looking to hire census takers for temporary, five-week positions, which include a paid training period. Positions start at $21 per hour. “Basically we are...

President Joe Biden on Oct. 30 issued an Executive Order—a new framework of safety, security and privacy standards governing artificial intelligence (AI) designed to manage the fledgling technology. The executive order came after Santa Cruz County in September became one of the first jurisdictions in...

WATSONVILLE—He was seen by hundreds joyfully riding an early day, bright red Farmall tractor at the front of the recently opened Staff of Life Natural Foods Market in the East Lake Village Shopping Center in Watsonville. With both hands clutching the steering wheel and a...

The trail of a commercial jetliner is shown, thanks to a long exposure, crossing the sky as an eclipse of the moon, known as the super blood wolf moon, takes place Sunday night as seen from Santa Cruz.

Emergency officials check on a VW Golf that ended up on a Main Street sidewalk Friday following a two-vehicle crash.

Government, business and nonprofit leaders around Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties staged the 2025 State of the Region Oct. 17 at CSU Monterey Bay to discuss a vast list of topics from health care and air mobility to hospitality, tourism, advances in...