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Emergency workers struggle to extricate a female juvenile from a smashed-in car Wednesday on Freedom Boulevard

Watsonville firefighters battled a blaze that started in the attic of a residence at 21 Authur Rd. Tuesday around 1:47 p.m. The house was deemed a public nuisance on May 14, and Watsonville City officials ordered the property abated on May 28. The single-family home...

Paving will take place from Granite Creek Rd. to Mt. Hermon Rd. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY– Highway 17 will have full overnight closures in both directions for paving from Granite Creek Rd. to Mt. Hermon Rd. for two nights starting tonight. The full closure hours will...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the district’s first interim budget report, which is a required review of how the three-year budget adopted in June is playing out through Oct. 31.

As part of National Water Quality Month, the City of Watsonville is reaching out to residents for help in curbing watershed pollution — primarily, illegal dumping.

Watsonville Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot a man and left him with life-threatening injuries on Monday, Watsonville Police Sgt. Jarrod Pisturino said.

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Parks and Recreation Commission will have a tough decision on its hands at its Nov. 3 meeting, as it is expected to make a recommendation to the city council on the fate of the much-debated George Washington bust in the City Plaza. Parks...

APTOS—Highway 1 from Rio Del Mar Boulevard to State Park Drive will be closed overnight on Jan. 18-20 to repair the railroad bridge at the South Aptos Undercrossing. Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission spokesperson Shannon Munz said the work includes repair of the bridge...

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday heard the first reading of a new district policy which, if adopted on second reading on Sept. 28, would add several religious holidays during which district officials and teachers would not schedule events. PVUSD...