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Trustees show support for students to vote

Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s governing body on Wednesday took the first step toward allowing students to vote in district elections and help choose...

Freedom Bakery celebrates a half-century

Watsonville’s Freedom Bakery—the oldest family-owned bakery in the Monterey Bay region—is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, marking five decades of providing the community...

Flowers set the stage for county fair

A team of 60 volunteers that included children, teens and adults took gardening implements in hand on July 24 to plant flowers at the...

Graniterock’s Algebra Academy completes 15th year

On Tuesday, as most of their peers were enjoying the waning remainder of their summer breaks, several groups of young people were sitting in...

Aztecas Academy hosts annual camp at Freedom Elementary | Youth soccer

Aztecas Youth Soccer Academy held one of its week-long soccer camps that brought out nearly 150 youngsters to the pitch at Freedom Elementary School...

Tsunami warning issued after Russian earthquake

Officials from the National Weather Service have issued a tsunami warning after magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurred at 4:25pm 80 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Photo story: Morning rollover near Target store

MEDICAL EMERGENCY Watsonville firefighters deal with a solo-vehicle rollover on Thursday, where an SUV barrel-rolled down a hillside on Main Street. Watsonville City spokeswoman...
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Body of Nicholas Magana-Zamora found

The body of a 15-year-old male who went missing July 23 in Watsonville in the Laken area off of Holohan Road was found in...

One arrested after fire at Capitola Target store

One person was arrested Tuesday night after a fire inside the Target store in Capitola. Central Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Patrick Winters said that...
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Two die in motorcycle crash

A 61-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both of Hayward, died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 9 near Boulder Creek Saturday. The California Highway...

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A foundational aspect of our national identity is the widely regarded notion that the United States is a nation of immigrants.  While the country has also seen periods of restrictive immigration policies, our history is deeply intertwined with the movement of people from other nations. No other state has as...

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Trustees show support for students to vote

Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s governing body on Wednesday took the first step toward allowing students to vote in district elections and help choose...