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Fourth suspect caught in June 11 stabbing
A June 11 stabbing in Watsonville that left a man injured has now led to a fourth arrest after the investigation led detectives into...
Missing 12-year-old girl found
An at-risk 12-year-old girl who went missing early on the morning of July 6 has been found and is safe. Watsonville Police spokeswoman Erika...
Photo story: Sudden U-turn causes crash
Watsonville Police shove a Mazda pickup off of Freedom Boulevard Monday morning following a two-vehicle crash. Just before 11am a green Ford Ranger and...
Grand jury takes aim at pedestrian safety
Santa Cruz County’s cities and the county government should move more quickly to improve pedestrian safety by adopting formal Vision Zero action plans and...
OPINION
Maria came to us with a molar that had been throbbing for months. She'd been managing the pain with ibuprofen—not because she was ignoring it, but because she couldn't find a dentist who accepted Medi-Cal. As a farmworker in South County, she couldn't afford to lose a day's wages...
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Offering a new hope
Gisselle Padilla spent much of her childhood translating for her parents, who worked in the strawberry fields after immigrating from Mexico.
Years later, she found...
