80.3 F
Watsonville
October 18, 2025

Men arrested after vandalizing Ramsay Park

Two young men have been booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail for felony vandalism.

Election 2018: Sales tax passes, housing bond headed for defeat

Measure G, a countywide measure to add a half-cent sales tax in unincorporated areas for emergency and city services, has passed with 63.17 percent of votes in favor.

Truck flips, catches fire in Felton

Incident occurred just north of Rincon Fire.

Man fleeing police crashes on motorcycle

Monterey County Sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers investigated a solo motorcycle crash on San Miguel Canyon Road near Lewis Road in Royal Oaks Sunday night after the driver reportedly fled from police.

Capitola man dies in solo car crash

An 81-year-old man died Monday afternoon after driving his 2016 Chevrolet Spark into a utility pole on Soquel Drive in Santa Cruz.

Series of earthquakes hit San Benito County

Largest measured at 4.1 magnitude.

RTC hires new executive director

Guy Preston has been hired as the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s new executive director, the agency recently announced.

PHOTO: D’la Colmena wins People’s Choice award

Rotary Club of Watsonville members John Kane IV (left), Francisco Estrada (second from right) and Murry Schekman recently presented D’ la Colmena owner Adrian Gonzales (second from left) with the winning plaque for the “Best Burrito on the Central Coast — People’s Choice” award, voted on by this year’s Burrito Bash participants.

Annual literacy event held at Starlight Elementary

Groups of elementary students, many in their Halloween costumes, gathered in Starlight Elementary School’s quad Wednesday for the annual “Un Libro a La Vez” (“One Book at a Time”) reading event.

Internationally-known songstress coming to Watsonville

WATSONVILLE — Turtle Heart will present an evening of reggae and soul at the Appleton Event Center, 410 Rodriguez St. in Watsonville, on Saturday at 9 p.m., featuring internationally-known songstress Saritah.
7,695FansLike
4,949FollowersFollow
2,895FollowersFollow

Thousands attend No Kings rallies

Thousands of people came to Santa Cruz Saturday morning for the city's No Kings rally, part of a nationwide protest against the Trump Administration...