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Tarmo Hannula: The Watsonville Municipal Airport has for the first time purchased a large 5,000-gallon jet refueler truck that arrived this past weekend, said airport manager Rayvon Williams. • Joseph Keeler, 28, of Watsonville made his first court appearance Tuesday in Superior Court in the company...

Fifteen photographs by Scotts Valley photographer Mark Overgaard are currently showing as part of a group exhibit at the Santa Cruz County Government Center.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Every year, volunteer groups across Monterey Bay participate in a beach cleanup the day after the Fourth of July. The holiday is known to bring large crowds to local beaches for celebrations. Many set off fireworks, leaving large amounts of waste that is...

Farm Discovery’s “Pollinate: A Feast in the Fields Benefit” was held Saturday, benefiting its programs that serve about 2,000 children every year, who learn about food, nutrition and nature on the 150-acre farm.

With the 2020 Census slightly more than a year away, Watsonville got an early start Tuesday by forming a committee meant to ensure the city's residents are accurately counted.

ROYAL OAKS—It was the early 1920s when Glenn Church’s great-grandfather, Clinton King, purchased a piece of land in a heavily-wooded area of North Monterey County. Nearly 70 years old at the time, King cleared out the plot—chock full of oak trees—by hand. “Whenever I’m out here...

A Bradley Elementary School student and his father were killed March 22 in Merced County by a suspected drunk driver, the Merced County CHP said. Noah Reyes, 13, and his father, Adrian Reyes 40, were traveling north on State Route 165, south of Turner Avenue...

Members of Esperanza del Valle of the Pajaro Valley are joined Tuesday by performers from Vera Cruz, Mexico at the Mello Center Tuesday as part of the Santa Cruz Symphony's tour, The Orchestra Swings. With an auditorium packed with fourth and fifth graders from...