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WATSONVILLE—A Watsonville man died early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a car as he walked along West Beach Street. Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said the 42-year-old victim was walking partially in the westbound lane in front of Big Creek Lumber, 1400 W....

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies search an area on the 500 block of Wheelock Road Tuesday in search of two suspects who tried to break into a home. The Sheriff's Office said that a man was interrupted trying to burglarize the home on Green...

Observations from around the Pajaro Valley.

Editor’s note: This is the third entry of a weekly four-part series about the Pajaro Valley’s Japanese community. The series will culminate on Aug. 14, coinciding with this year’s celebration of the Obon Festival, a cultural and religious Japanese event honoring one’s ancestors. Read...

WATSONVILLE—Dozens of families lined up at Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Friday afternoon, waiting for a parcel of food aimed at getting them through the Thanksgiving holiday. This included a chicken or turkey, produce, bread and oil, among other things. The organization’s executive director Joann Godoy...

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter in Watsonville at 580 Airport Blvd. will be closed to the public until at least Oct. 29 after doctors diagnosed cases of canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia. Both diseases are highly contagious and can be deadly. Shelter veterinarian Maris Brenn-White...

Monterey County Public Works officials close down the Main Street bridge from Watsonville into Pajaro above the Pajaro River Wednesday morning as the possibility of the river breaching rises. Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo said that though Pajaro has been under mandatory evacuation orders,...

Several students from New School took garden tools in hand and ventured into Watsonville’s hinterlands on Nov. 8, where they uprooted unwanted plants and made way for beneficial native ones.

WATSONVILLE—A $6 million loan from the State of California will allow Watsonville to build a new landfill, a move that will save money and give the City a place to haul its waste for as long as three decades. The loan from the California Infrastructure...