Measure L backers face investigation
Greenway Capitola, a driving force behind Measure L and outspoken opponent of efforts to expand rail services in Santa Cruz County, is facing an investigation by state elections officials for inconsistencies with campaign financial filings.
Newly-elected Estrada becomes mayor
Francisco Estrada was sworn in alongside newly-elected and returning councilmembers Rebecca Garcia, Lowell Hurst and Ari Parker Tuesday during the council's last meeting of 2018.
Time capsule captures moment in time
To cap off a year of sesquicentennial festivities, Watsonville city officials filled a time capsule with present-day items Tuesday that will be opened in 25 years.
St. John’s Helpful Shop finds a new home
St. John’s Helpful Shop found a new home this month at 246A Center Ave., just around the corner from the Episcopal Church in Aptos.
PHOTO: Flames consume garage
A fire destroyed an outbuilding on the 200 block of Ford Street Tuesday afternoon.
Watsonville honors its Pearl Harbor survivors
It has been 77 years since the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese warplanes killed 2,335 people and embroiled the U.S. in WWII.
First all-female mariachi in U.S. returns to Santa Cruz
Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, the first all-female mariachi in the United States, will perform in Santa Cruz on Sunday.
Monterey County Sheriff: man impregnated 14-year-old daughter, who is suspected of...
Monterey County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for a 38-year-old man accused of sexually abusing and impregnating his teenage daughter, who is herself wanted on...
