Photo story: Fire at Resetar quickly quenched
Watsonville Fire responds to a report of a fire on the third floor of the five-story Resetar Residential Hotel Monday afternoon. Battalion Chief Chris Kramer said firefighters got a quick handle on the cardboard fire and that no injuries were reported in the 4pm...
Inmates looking to new laws for sentence reductions
Two Watsonville men serving long prison terms are hoping that a series of new state laws will bring freedom sooner than originally expected.
Vincent Marquez, who is serving a decades-long prison sentence for a 2008 burglary conviction, could see his sentence reduced this year due...
Man found dead on Main Street
A man was found dead Saturday afternoon at Ramsay Park.
WPD said the man was found by a passerby in a row of shrubs along Main Street. He was identified as Shandon Spotswood, 52, said Ashley Keehn of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
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‘Mud Out’ teams hit the streets in Pajaro
PAJARO—Volunteers grabbed shovels, brooms, pressure washers and wheelbarrows Saturday to help citizens of flood-stricken Pajaro recover.
Starting at 9am at Pajaro Middle School, the crowd formed teams and hit the streets of Pajaro, many targeting homes with caked up mud in and around their homes.
Monterey...
Watsonville kicks off Christmas season
Sierra and Derrick Rodriguez visit Santa and Mrs. Claus Saturday in East Lake Village Shopping Center during the annual Shop Small/Buy Local event. Live Music from the Pajaro Valley High Band, hay rides on a tractor provided by the Agricultural History Project, store specials,...
Hernandez skipped years of campaign disclosures
One of the candidates for the hotly contested 4th District seat on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Felipe Hernandez, has filed his financial statements late for three years, a violation of campaign law.
According to Santa Cruz County Clerk Tricia Webber, Hernandez submitted...
Two arrested with guns in vehicle
Two men stopped for a traffic violation Saturday morning were arrested after police found a loaded gun, a high-capacity magazine and additional ammunition.
Community leaders host rally for Measure E
Dozens of community members and local leaders gathered at a rally Friday at Watsonville Community Hospital in support of Measure E, the temporary half-cent...
