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The Aptos man who allegedly broke into his neighbor’s house and fired about 12 shots into the locked bathroom where she was hiding with another woman made his first court appearance Monday, where he delayed entering a plea.

In advance of the city’s 150th anniversary on Friday, the Watsonville City Council recognized mayors and councilmembers from the past quarter century on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Veterans Memorial Building in Watsonville on Sunday to celebrate Veterans Day.

Heavy rain pelted the Central Coast Sunday and into early Monday.

An attempted murder suspect was arrested early Wednesday morning after a two-week investigation, Watsonville Police Sgt. Mish Radich said.

An informal survey by this newspaper along Main Street found 11 empty businesses on a stretch from Second Street to East Fifth Street.

Police have surrounded a building on Brennan Street Monday morning after reports that a burglary suspect is inside.

Two weeks after Hope Thrift announced it would be moving into the former Orchard Supply Hardware, city officials said Friday that Harbor Freight Tools will be sharing the building.

A Watsonville man suffered major injuries Thursday morning after he was struck by a garbage truck as he crossed Freedom Boulevard, Watsonville Police Master Officer Burt Iles said.

Jack O’Neill, described as a surfer, ocean lover, boating enthusiast, wetsuit pioneer and founder of the eponymous worldwide surf company, died Friday surrounded by family in his Pleasure Point home. He was 94.