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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The shooting that killed a man in Boulder Creek on Jan. 28 followed two mass shootings in California, which themselves came amidst a flurry of gun violence across the U.S.  In response, several Democratic lawmakers have teamed up with Gov. Gavin Newsom to...

APTOS—Tomas Alejandrez was experiencing homeless and using drugs while living on the streets of Fresno when he was 39. Now 47, he is set to graduate from Cabrillo College today with three Associates degrees. He is one of 1,240 that will participate in the college’s...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the community to find a man who allegedly took inappropriate photos of a woman as she shopped in a Soquel department store on Oct. 4.

Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board (PVHCD) Chair and former Watsonville Community Hospital CEO John Friel, who took the lead of the fledgling agency at its outset in 2022, died March 21 after battling an undisclosed illness.  Friel resigned from his position on March 19,...

Administrative Services Director Cynthia Czerwin gave the Watsonville City Council an update on the city’s finances Tuesday before the council considers its budget during two meetings in June.

WATSONVILLE—Estudiantes que no pueden regresar a clases cuando la escuela comienza el 14 de Agosto debido a restricciones de Covid-19 asistirán a una academia virtual, una opción totalmente en línea creada por el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Pajaro Valley (PVUSD, por sus siglas en...

Thousands of young people walked out of school Friday, filling the streets of Watsonville and Santa Cruz to protest recent violent incidents involving federal immigration officials. The walkouts were part of similar protests throughout the United States, a largely student-led movement opposing the hardline immigration...

Emergency officials pull the driver out of a Honda Civic on Hecker Pass Tuesday. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver and a male passenger were traveling east on Hecker Pass Road (Hwy 152) at 2:45pm when the driver lost control. The Honda...

WATSONVILLE—The Santa Cruz County Elections Department on Wednesday approved a petition by a group seeking to recall Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Georgia Acosta. The approval starts the 90-day period for the Committee to Recall Georgia Acosta to gather signatures from 25% of the...

WATSONVILLE—Thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of so-called “safe-and-sane” fireworks that a youth football program intended to sell as a Fourth of July fundraiser, Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said. The Watsonville Jr. Wildcatz had roughly $7,000 worth of fireworks stolen from a storage...