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Walgreens has agreed to pay $6 million to settle allegations it overcharged customers and sold expired products in California, including violations identified in Santa...

The slow way home from San Francisco

Travel

On our one-night journey to San Francisco recently, my wife Sarah and I wrapped up day one with dinner at Mister Jiu’s, 28 Waverly...

Levee work underway

Local News

Construction is underway on a long-anticipated flood control project in the Pajaro Valley, even as state lawmakers push new legislation aimed at speeding up...

RSF to host 13th annual Central Coast All-Star Basketball Game

High School Sports

The Reggie Stephens Foundation this weekend will continue a long-standing tradition of highlighting the top high school talent from the region. A group of Santa...

County Supervisors pass immigration ordinance

Local News

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved two agenda items that, although placed in the consent calendar and receiving little...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Deputies: Man drove stolen car to face charges for stealing a...

March 24, 2026

A man was arrested Tuesday for driving a stolen car to the Monterey County Superior Courthouse in Salinas, where he was scheduled to appear...

Santa Cruz stabbing suspect identified

March 24, 2026

Police have identified the man suspected of stabbing two people in Santa Cruz on Saturday as Robert David Worel, 32. The Santa Cruz Police Department...

Suspect arrested after stabbing at Santa Cruz Clock Tower

March 21, 2026

Two people were hospitalized after reports of a stabbing at the Clock Tower in Santa Cruz at around noon on Saturday, according to Santa...

Man found with missing Fresno teen

March 19, 2026

A Watsonville man was arrested Tuesday after he was found in a hotel with a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing out of...

OPINION

Group seeking buffer zone for pesticides around schools

March 31, 2026

Adam Scow stood on the edge of a strawberry farm behind Pajaro Middle School Monday morning as he held a map showing similar fields adjacent to nine schools throughout the Pajaro Valley. Scow heads up the nonprofit group Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CORA). The organization works to convince...