Pajaro Valley High student arrested with gun
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Friday arrested a 17-year-old Pajaro Valley High School student after he was found to be in possession of a loaded gun.
According to Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido, school officials called police just before 11am with a report that a student was...
Minor injuries reported in rollover
WATSONVILLE—Two men and a young boy escaped major injuries when their car flipped over Sunday on a curving section of Buena Vista Drive.
California Highway Patrol officer Daniel Ibarra said two adult men and the boy were aboard the Honda Civic when the driver lost...
CASA executive director announces retirement
After six years as the executive director of CASA of Santa Cruz County, Cynthia Druley will retire in August.
Cabrillo presents ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
On March 3, 1991 a young African American man by the name of Rodney King was caught after a high-speed police chase in Los Angeles. Police officers then pulled him from his car and beat him, while a man named George Holliday caught it all on film.
County officials vow to oppose immigration officials
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark told reporters Thursday that local law enforcement will not cooperate with federal officials if they come to the Central Coast as part of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy.
Clark spoke at a press conference led by Rep. Jimmy...
College Lake project moves forward
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency has entered agreements with two engineering firms to help plan for a project that will help the area achieve sustainable groundwater resources by 2040.
The College Lake Integrated Resources Management Project will use rainfall runoff to replace a portion...
Supervisors approve Live Oak housing project, ban no-fault evictions until 2020
SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a proposal to sell a property in Live Oak, and a plan to develop it into an affordable housing project that will include a dental and a medical clinic.
MidPen Housing, which is purchasing...
Hecker Pass pursuit leads to DUI arrest
A 30-year-old Lemoore man was arrested Oct. 6 after he reportedly tried to evade police.
California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said CHP officers observed a BMW M4 fail to stop at a stop sign near East Lake Avenue at Casserly Road on the evening...
Camp Krem in need of help for rebuild
When the Santa Cruz Mountains caught fire in August after a lightning storm passed through the Central Coast and greater Bay Area, almost every community was forced to evacuate the area. Many of those evacuees were left wondering whether their homes and businesses—their life’s...
Nourishing Today, Building Tomorrow: The Next Chapter of Our Food Bank
For more than 50 years, our community has demonstrated what’s possible when neighbors care for one another.
Through floods, emergencies, economic downturns and a global...
