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This story was updated at 5pm, June 22 A Watsonville Police officer was injured on the job Monday morning during a pursuit of a woman suspected of shoplifting. Watsonville Police did not name the officer. Erica Ayala Zamora, 34, was booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail...

Editor's note: this story has been updated with a response from Lookout CEO Ken Doctor. A 22-year-old woman accused of threatening the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees last month has been arrested. Tanya Diaz was charged with making a criminal threat, a felony....

This story has been updated from a previous version. Tony Nuñez appeared poised to avoid a November runoff in the race for Santa Cruz County's 4th District supervisor seat after the latest election results pushed him just above the threshold needed for an outright victory. In...

On June 24, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will consider placing a school facilities bond measure on the November ballot that would provide $192 million for repairs and upgrades at the district's 35 schools. The measure, if passed, would not increase...

Members of the Watsonville Community Band deliver a few tunes for Don Spence in front of his Watsonville home Wednesday evening. Spence, 93, is their oldest musician and is recuperating from medical procedures. A clarinetist in the band, he marched his final parade last...

When the news broke in March that civil rights leader Cesar Chavez allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women and girls, it sparked a nationwide reckoning as school, city and county officials grappled with streets, buildings, holidays, awards and other institutions that bore his name. Civil rights...

Members of Indivisible Pajaro Valley stage their Signs of Fascism protest on Main Street in Watsonville on June 16. The one-hour event drew over 20 people who waved signs in Spanish and English depicting what they say are key elements of fascism to passing...

Juneteenth celebrations of Black liberation and freedom spread out around the country over the weekend, including Monterey, Seaside and Santa Cruz.  Now in its 35th year, the six-hour event in Santa Cruz started with a march from City Hall in downtown Santa Cruz and ended...

Several hundred protesters marched in Gilroy on June 13 to voice their disapproval of a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just outside Gilroy city limits. Community organizers and residents gathered at Arroyo Circle near Gilman Road at Highway 101...

The completion of phase one of the historic restoration of the Porter Vallejo Mansion and Public Library branch was celebrated June 12 in Pajaro, a major chapter in the town’s ongoing recovery from the March, 2023 flood.  The extensive renovation work was recognized as Project...