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February 13, 2026

Capitola Olive Garden aims for Dec. 17 opening

Final touches are underway at the Olive Garden Italian Kitchen restaurant, the first such location for the chain business in Santa Cruz County.

Ice skating rink opens in Capitola

iSkate Capitola, at Esplanade Park beside the beach, opened Friday.

Live Oak School District to decide fate of senior programs

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LIVE OAK—Officials from Meals on Wheels and Senior Network Services are asking the community to make its voice heard about an impending decision by the Live Oak School District (LOSD) to evict the organizations from the building they have called home for nearly five...

Year in Review: 2020 in photos

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Here are photos from the Pajaronian team that defined this year. Coronavirus closures Community comes together For the record Hot topics Saying Goodbye Bright spots

Los Banos man arrested for allegedly shooting two women in Watsonville

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Monday arrested a man suspected of a shooting Sunday night that left a woman and a teen girl in critical condition.  Detectives tracked down Raul Morales, 35, to Los Banos where he lived. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office and Los Banos Police...

City Council moves Ohlone Parkway housing project forward

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WATSONVILLE—Highlighting the city’s housing woes and the environmental checks and balances at the county level, the Watsonville City Council on Tuesday approved changes to plans for a large housing development on Ohlone Parkway. Hillcrest Estates, previously known as Sunshine Vista, will have slightly fewer homes—falling...

Rollover stalls Highway 1 traffic

Emergency officials deal with a solo-vehicle crash on southbound Hwy 1 at the Mar Monte exit on Wednesday. CHP officer Israel Murillo said only minor injuries were reported in the 11:10am incident. Traffic was backed up in the southbound lanes for over 90 minutes....

Police: man took candid photos of high school girls

A Santa Cruz man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly took secret pictures of female high school students

PHOTO: Filipino American History Month

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Gerald Santos and his son, Kevin, demonstrate a Filipino style of Martial Arts, known as Arnis, Saturday in Watsonville Plaza during the Filipino American History Month festival put on by the Tobera Project. The second annual, five-hour event included live music, traditional foods, poetry...

Beach Boardwalk surviving tough times

SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has reshuffled its offerings in hopes of dealing with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.  While all of their rides have been shuttered since March, the Boardwalk has recently started holding drive-in movie nights on the corner of Beach and Third...
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“Lucky” the cowgirl is part of the welcoming group at the opening of the 2024 Santa Cruz County Fair.

Santa Cruz County Fair theme announced

The folks at the Santa Cruz County Fair have chosen a theme for the 2026 fair: “Apple Pies and Starry Skies!” “This winning theme for...