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APTOS—The Community Foundation Santa Cruz County recently announced that David Doolin has been appointed president of the board of the organization.   Doolin has been with Petrinovich Pugh & Company, LLP since 1992 and a partner since 1997. He is responsible for providing audit and...

Emergency officials deal with a solo-vehicle crash Friday on Carlton Road, east of Watsonville. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of the Toyota Tundra was not injured when he lost control while traveling south on Carlton Road at Coward Road at about...

Workers from Public Works of Monterey County have closed Murphy Road where it crosses the Pajaro River. County spokeswoman Maia Carroll said officials expect the current storm system to increase the level of the Pajaro River enough to overtop Murphy Road. The low water...

Santa Cruz County Sheriffs deputies on Thursday arrested a man after he allegedly entered the campuses of two Watsonville schools and banged on several doors. Michael Rocha, 31, was charged with entering school grounds without registering, disrupting school activities and being under the influence of...

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has taken a new step in its mission to support the county’s neediest animals.

PAJARO—Motorists who have been taking hours-long detours since waters from a flood forced the closure of Highway 1 saw a measure of relief Thursday morning, after officials opened the road. Officials cautioned, however, that parts of the highway between Salinas Road and Highway 129...

Federal and local investigators say they thwarted a plan by a UC Santa Cruz student to sell illegal drugs with a smartphone app after he reportedly advertised the services on posters around campus.

Work is moving forward on a project to restore native habitat and implement a series of water quality treatment projects to redesign the path of stormwater to Middle Struve Slough.   Workers are already several weeks into the job, which is located between Hope Park and...