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Steve Bontadelli has been selected by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau as the 2018 Farmer of the Year.

In the week before Thanksgiving, dozens of volunteers gathered in Watsonville to prepare for the holiday that follows.

WASHINGTON—The White House, worried that coronavirus vaccination rates among young people are lagging as the school year approaches, is enlisting pediatricians to incorporate vaccination into back-to-school sports physicals and encouraging schools to host their own vaccination clinics as part of a new push to...

The alleged triggermen in the 2014 gang shooting that left a 4-year-old girl dead made an appearance in court Tuesday morning, where a Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge set a Jan. 23 date, at which time prosecutors and defense attorneys will agree on a date for jury selection.

Law enforcement officials from three agencies arrested eight people Tuesday, in what police are describing as a “well-orchestrated” scheme to smuggle drugs and tobacco into Santa Cruz County Jail.

On March 5, 1868, J.A. Cottle, the first owner, editor and publisher, established the Weekly Pajaronian. The one-page, six-column publication was printed at 313-315 Main St.

Dole Berry Co. at 480 West Beach St. is closing its operations in Watsonville, the company confirmed Wednesday.

A small cadre of farmworkers, union officials and politicians gathered at Monterey Mushrooms in Las Lomas Friday to welcome U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was there to discuss farmworker rights and agricultural issues.

Watsonville Police on Friday arrested a man who threatened an officer with a knife before climbing on top of a car and refusing to come down during an approximately half-hour standoff.

The Monterey Bay Air Resources District (MBARD) warned Friday that smoke from wildfires burning in Northern California, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia has made the air unhealthy.