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Aptos woman pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter

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SANTA CRUZ—An Aptos woman who stabbed her husband to death during a domestic fight in 2019 pleaded guilty in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on May 18 to involuntary manslaughter. Amanda Owens also admitted to using a deadly weapon during the crime. She is set to...

Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre los incendios de la Costa Central

CZU August Lightning Complex
Varios incendios están ardiendo en la Costa Central, forzando evacuaciones masivas en los condados de Santa Cruz, San Mateo y Monterey. ¿Dónde están? Hay tres grandes incendios en nuestra región: el CZU August Lightning Complex, el River Fire y el Carmel Fire. CZU August Lightning Complex Estos incendios...

Santa Cruz man arrested on suspicion of DUI after Highway 17 rollover

SCOTTS VALLEY—A Santa Cruz man was arrested Saturday night for driving under the influence of alcohol after a crash on Highway 17 injured him and his passenger. Jacob Rush, 25, and his 24-year-old female passenger were taken to a trauma center with major injuries. According to...

Spelling out the drama

Watsonville High School's “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” opens on April 17.

Riverside Road homeless camp dismantled

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WATSONVILLE—Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office deputies dismantled a homeless encampment on Riverside Road set up by a group that last month battled with the city of Watsonville over another camp on Bridge Street. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Ashley Keehn said that the department posted a 72-hour...

PVUSD deals with ramifications of distance learning

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WATSONVILLE—As the pandemic recedes—along with the stay-at-home education model that upended the 2020-21 school year—thousands of young people across the county are set to return to the classroom in the fall. This will be no easy task, as legions of students now accustomed to learning...

Photo Gallery, July 19, 2019

A group of bikes enter turn 2, also known as "the hairpin" during the Motul FIM Superbike World Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. (Photo by Robert T. Higaki)

Culture through creativity

Local cultural organization Senderos of Santa Cruz will be holding its annual “December in Mexico” performance at the Harbor High School Theater, 300 La Fonda Ave., on Friday and Saturday.

With Measure N official, hospital officials looking to future

After months of work promoting Measure N—efforts that included going door to door in the vast Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHCD)—officials can now begin to envision how they will use the $116 million to improve Watsonville Community Hospital. But it could be several months...

Encouraging acts of kindness

Holding open a door, picking up litter, loaning a pencil — any of these small deeds can be seen as an act of kindness. It is this character-building that teachers are hoping to instill in summer school students at EA Hall Middle School.
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‘Catz lose tight battle to Los Alamitos in D-III title match...

So close, yet so far. A historical journey for the Watsonville High boys soccer team came to a heart-rending end Saturday afternoon. The No. 1 Wildcatz...