County leaders denounce use of force in L.A.
The Watsonville City Council and the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously denounced the use of military force against protestors and immigrant communities.
Both boards adopted their own resolutions, which were added late to the agendas.
The resolutions came as President Donald Trump...
Man arrested in Moss Landing fight
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 29-year-old Joshua Timothy Holtzclaw for voluntary manslaughter after the Sheriff’s Dive Team recovered a man’s body in Moss Landing Harbor Wednesday following a fight aboard a boat.
The body was identified as 26-year-old Trenten Paul Black of Aptos,...
Sen. Padilla handcuffed at DHS press conference
Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles Thursday.
Padilla, a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, released the following statement after he was taken out of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press...
Aptos High School grads look to the future
The Aptos High class of 2025 has come to the end of their high school careers, and is now looking toward the future.
With the last four years hanging in their rearview, they are left to sift through the memories and have already grown nostalgic...
Two find success in smaller community of Ceiba
Edgar Camacho-Esteves and Andrea Torres-Reyes are two of 54 students who graduated this year from Ceiba College Preparatory Academy. Both came to the school in the sixth grade.
Camacho-Esteves, whose siblings also attended the school, says he chose the school after careful consideration with his...
Watsonville Police arrest group in huge fireworks and gun haul
Watsonville Police rounded up nearly 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks after they uncovered a group of people—including a teenager—suspected of selling dangerous fireworks in Watsonville and across Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties.
Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said an investigation led them to...
Man walking on trail injured by e-bike
An 84-year-old Bay Village resident was injured Tuesday morning after he was struck by a man on an electric bike on the Salsipudes Creek levee.
Michelle Pulido of Watsonville Police said the victim was struck on a wide pedestrian path around 10:45am. The suspect...
Photo story: Japanese cultural fair
JAPANESE CULTURE A group performs a traditional dance from Okinawa Saturday at the annual Japanese Cultural Fair at Mission Plaza Park in Santa Cruz Saturday.
Since its founding in 1986, the fair has opened a window for the community to deepen their awareness and understanding...
Pajaro Valley Collaborative’s ‘call to action’
If cuts to food assistance programs proposed under President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” are approved by the U.S. Senate, it would cripple the food distribution system that local organizations have spent decades building, and upon which thousands Santa Cruz County residents rely.
That was...
Watsonville High sends 522 into the world
Five hundred and twenty-two graduates of Watsonville High School filed across the stage at Geiser Field on the afternoon of June 6, putting to end the school year of 2024-25.
Prior to the ceremony — his second such year as principal — Joe Gergorio said,...
What Makes Watsonville Community Hospital—and America—Great
Thirty-three years ago, while my family was preparing for a birthday party, I decided to arrive early. My mother was shopping for a cake...