Online services help keep the faith
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—While scores of agencies and organizations, from food banks to senior centers, grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, area faith groups are also finding new ways to redirect their message.
Online services, thanks to live streaming, Zoom and live chats, are now taking...
Man arrested after taking daughter, leading officers on day-long chase
Watsonville Police crisis negotiators are speaking with a man who allegedly took his daughter from her mother’s Watsonville residence after an argument Sunday night.
Moss Landing fire released 55,000 pounds of heavy metals, study finds
Editor’s note: This story came in part from a report by San Jose State University Professor of Marine Geology Ivano Aiello for the website The Conversation
The Jan. 16 fire at the Vistra battery energy storage plant in Moss Landing spewed an estimated 25 metric...
Man struck, killed on Hwy. 1 early Friday
A 20-year-old Sonora man died early Friday morning when he was struck by a car on Highway 1 in Watsonville.
The California Highway Patrol said the man, who has not been named, suddenly walked out onto the slow lane of northbound Highway 1 near Main...
Neighborhood Services and WPD join forces
The Watsonville Police Department has announced a growing expansion of community service programs through the incorporation of the Neighborhood Services Division.
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Drink: Hotel Paradox cocktails
Seeds of Time is a cocktail served at Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean St., in Santa Cruz. The drink includes Maker’s Mark...
PHOTO: Hot rods in Capitola
People enjoy viewing dozens of classic cars, hot rods and muscle cars at the Capitola Rod & Custom Classic Car Show Saturday.
Girl Scout aims for Gold Award with art project at Mintie White
WATSONVILLE—Caitlin Bayaca is on track to earn the highest award of the Girl Scouts organization.
The Gold Award is designed for high school-age scouts and ambassadors, who create, propose and lead a major community service project.
Bayaca, a senior at Aptos High School and part of...
Mountain lion wanders into Capitola neighborhood
A 90-pound wild mountain lion wandered into a neighborhood in Capitola Monday afternoon. Officials eventually tranquilized it and safely carried it off to the mountains. Around 2 p.m. a resident on Washburn Ave. in Capitola called 911 to report the lion that showed up ...
Former Major Leaguer John Bowker named new baseball coach at MVC
Monte Vista Christian School earlier this month announced that former Major League Baseball player John Bowker was named the new head coach of the...
