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The Watsonville Police Department is joining law enforcement throughout the state in stepping up its enforcement of distracted driving laws.

The Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust honored two winners of the 2018 Phil Rather Award for Leadership in Healthcare during a reception at the Health Trust on May 16.

Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner Juan Hidalgo announced Wednesday the release of the 2017 crop report.

FELTON—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy killed Saturday afternoon when he was ambushed by a gunman has been identified as Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38. Gutzwiller was a father of a young child, and was expecting a new child soon, said Sheriff Jim Hart. The death has...

Review by Fleur C. Williams Music is a powerful means for transformation – a fact beautifully conveyed in the Santa Cruz Symphony’s (SCS) most recent production, “Catharsis,” which was presented at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and the Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing...

FREEDOM—A Freedom man was arrested Saturday after a bullet he fired during a July 4 celebration ricocheted off the ground and entered a nearby residence, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Ashley Keehn said. The bullet came within inches of a 10-year-old girl in her Miller...

UPDATE (12:57am, 10/25) Watsonville police say a third man was shot before midnight Saturday on Blackbird Circle behind Ramsay Park—a short walk from the scene of the night’s second homicide. The victim was in critical condition, Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said. It is unclear if...

WATSONVILLE—Election season has officially begun. Former Watsonville City Councilman Jimmy Dutra is again running for office in his home city, announcing on Saturday morning through Facebook that he will run for the City Council seat in District 6. “I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and...

WATSONVILLE—The addition of around 4,000 new housing units over the course of 25 years. Two-way traffic on Lake and Beach streets. A completely reimagined industrial district on Walker Street. A network of pedestrian “paseos” that provides safe walking paths. The reduction of one lane...

Santa Cruz Police on Friday announced the arrest of a man suspected in torching Neighbor’s Pub in downtown Santa Cruz on Dec. 10. James Eason, 45—who is currently in custody at the County Jail for an unrelated crime—is being held without bail. He will be re-booked...