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WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High School Principal Elaine Legorreta, whose career in education began at the school in 1997, will retire at the end of the school year. She said she wants her replacement to be a person with the energy required for the job, which includes 16-hour...

WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Arts’ gallery at 37 Sudden St. has once again open its doors after six months of being shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The State of California is now allowing most counties to reopen museums, aquariums and galleries at a limited capacity, after...

Watsonville Police announced Thursday that the man who allegedly stole a small airplane out of Watsonville Municipal Airport (WMA) on June 26 appears to have flown the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk into the sea.

APTOS—As Santa Cruz County’s community college begins efforts to possibly rebrand itself with a new name—and reject the name of Spanish Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo—two drastically different pictures of the man at the center of the debate have emerged. Cabrillo College began to explore a...

Two people were injured Saturday night when a remote-controlled plane smashed into their home on Buena Vista Drive, where they had gathered with friends and family to watch the Fire In The Sky Open House show at the nearby Watsonville Municipal Airport. In a Facebook...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police Corporal Isaak Rodriguez was honored during a recent City Council meeting for his “heroic actions” that helped save the life of an elderly bicyclist who ended up trapped underneath a car. Mayor Eduardo Montesino presented Rodriguez with a proclamation and also thanked him...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of a dead man found in a rural setting along Carlton Road Sunday. Around 8:30am, deputies responded to a call for a man’s body found near the 100 block of Carlton Road in Watsonville. Detectives and...

It’s no secret that traffic around Ceiba College Preparatory Academy can get heavy at the beginning and end of the school day, when hundreds of parents drop off and pick up their children and scores of students brave the intersections and walkways on foot. School...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—A Santa Cruz METRO employee has tested positive for Covid-19. The information surfaced in local media Friday and marks the first positive case in METRO’s staff of around 300 people. “Out of respect for the employee's privacy, we are not disclosing anything other than...