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A Watsonville man was arrested Thursday after a car stop by the California Highway Patrol that led to the discovery of 14 firearms and drugs with a street value of over $15,000.  CHP officer Israel Murillo said officers pulled over a black Honda Sedan in...

More than 200 tickets were sold for the National Agriculture Day Spring Luncheon held April 26 in the Heritage Hall at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville. The annual event is coordinated by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and the educational organization, Agri-Culture.   At...

Cabrillo College’s governing board of trustees voted 7-1 to censure member Steve Trujillo during its Nov. 6 meeting for a series of Facebook posts that were deemed misogynistic and laced with profanity. The censure came despite a recommendation against it from an ad-hoc committee made...

The Santa Cruz Fire Department announced the line-of-duty death of Santa Cruz Firefighter/Paramedic Clayton Ogden recently.

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WASHINGTON D.C.—California Sen. Kamala Harris, known for her hardline stance on criminal justice, made history Tuesday when she became both the first Asian American and the first African American woman to become a vice-presidential candidate. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made the long-anticipated announcement after...

In late September, Watsonville Municipal Airport Director Rayvon Williams was named as this year’s Michael A. Shutt Award recipient. Then on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will distribute $83,575 to the airport for a zero-emissions vehicle and infrastructure...

The Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust honored two winners of the 2018 Phil Rather Award for Leadership in Healthcare during a reception at the Health Trust on May 16.

With Watsonville's Measure G ending in 2021, so could the roughly $4 million that comes with it annually.

Watsonville Police officers arrested a man in an attempted murder investigation.  MIchelle Pulido, spokeswoman for Watsonville Police, said officers responded Saturday night to a stabbing outside a business on the 1000 block of Main Street, where they found a 32-year-old man suffering from multiple stab...