Motorcyclist dies in Moss Landing crash
A Moss Landing man died early Friday morning in a vehicle crash on Highway 1.
The California Highway Patrol said that the 28-year-old victim was riding a 2017 Suzuki motorcycle around 6:58am on Highway 1 when a man, driving a Dodge Ram pickup, pulled onto...
PG&E: shutoff could affect 6,000 local customers
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Pacific Gas & Electric company is planning for a widespread Public Safety Power Shutoff that will affect numerous Northern California counties, including Santa Cruz County.
According to the company, power shutoffs are likely this evening between 8pm and 10pm, with more than 6,000...
Empty streets downtown | About Town
On Monday I clipped my bike to the 91X Metro Express bus on Water Street in Santa Cruz and came out to Watsonville. The express bus is just that — it whistles out to south county very quickly: I climbed off the bus 35...
County plans to reshape public defender office
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County officials are mulling a plan to retool the county’s public defender’s office, transitioning from its current private delivery system to a public one.
The move comes as the county’s contract with Biggam, Christensen and Minslof (BCM)—which has provided indigent criminal...
Covid-19 treatments available at testing locations
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County now has several Covid-19 Test to Treat sites available to the community, including the three OptumServe testing sites, which are available to anyone regardless of insurance or documentation status. Test to Treat sites allow individuals to get tested, be...
Electric Light Rail demonstration set for Watsonville this weekend
WATSONVILLE—This weekend residents will have the opportunity to ride on a clean-energy, accessible streetcar along a section of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line in Watsonville.
Members of Coast Futura, an alliance of people from various other county organizations, organized the demonstration with Roaring Camp...
Watsonville is in the Heart to host Community Call Out
WATSONVILLE—On Aug. 28, Watsonville is in the Heart will host a Community Call Out event.
Join organizers to share family artifacts, documents, vintage photographs and oral stories from the Manong Generation of the Pajaro Valley, to be preserved in the digital archive and a 2022...
Michael Gaither and His New Best Friends to perform at Jansen Music
Michael Gaither has been performing mostly as a solo singer-songwriter for the past 15 years.
Supporting breastfeeding awareness in Watsonville
More than 100 people took part in the 16th annual Breastfeeding Health Fair and Walk in downtown Watsonville on Aug. 11.
The event took place in Watsonville City Plaza where a wealth of information tables were set up alongside the Watsonville Certified Farmers Market, the...
Radio station celebrating two years
It’s been two years since KDUB 99.9 FM went live on the airwaves.
Watsonville’s Jackeline Cano named Mission Division’s best player | All-PCAL girls...
Watsonville High senior Jackeline Cano was named the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division’s Most Valuable Player for the 2025-26 winter campaign. The Wildcatz’s...
