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Jessica Carrasco is challenging incumbent Adam Scow for the Trustee Area 6 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees. in the Nov. 5 election. She says her experience teaching, working with a local nonprofit and her time on the Watsonville Parks...

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Emergency officials prepare to take a man to the emergency room Monday after his Toyota Camry drifted off of Highway 1 south of Watsonville at Jensen Road.

 A driver shot off of Casserly Road Monday in Watsonville and slammed into a utility pole, splitting it in two. The California Highway Patrol said the driver, who fled the scene on foot, shot off the pavement around 1pm while traveling north on Casserly just...

In 1988, the case of Dolores Cruz Gomez v. City of Watsonville made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

WATSONVILLE—A New Year has begun, and with it comes the start of Census 2020. The U.S Constitution mandates that every 10 years the country’s population should be counted. The information is then used to distribute federal funding and to determine political representation in each state. “The...

In two decades, Santa Cruz County transportation officials envision a 22-mile, cross-county rail-trail system that could transport an estimated 4,200 passengers between nine stations and, presumably, hook into the rail system in Pajaro that could connect to the greater Bay Area public transportation system. The...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—After more than a year of meetings held remotely under Covid-19 restrictions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees plans to resume in-person meetings on June 9, the district confirmed. “We recognize that public meetings are a vital part of representative...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—As hundreds of people across Santa Cruz County set off an arsenal of fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend—both the illegal and the “safe-and-sane” variety that were allowed in the cities of Watsonville and Capitola—the county’s southernmost city saw several serious...