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Since Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Chona Killeen started her position ion July 1, she and her department have hired more than 100 new teachers.

Nick Calubaquib was recently hired as the director of the City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department, overseeing the city’s 26 parks, 30 full-time employees and nearly 50 part-time workers.

The City of Watsonville did not experience any homicides in 2016, and robberies declined by nearly 56 percent from the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Watsonville Police Department.

Watsonville police are investigating a murder that occurred Friday evening on the 100 block of West Beach Street.

Former Watsonville City Manager Carlos Palacios has been named the County Administrative Officer for Santa Cruz County.

A Watsonville man was struck and killed by two cars early Saturday morning Highway 1 in Santa Cruz.

A San Jose man is in custody after he shot a man in front of a Soquel business and then tried to outrun police in his vehicle, police said.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees's Wednesday meeting was marked with tension, which was sparked by allegations that some trustees may have violated the Ralph M. Brown Act, a strict, 65-year-old set of laws that regulate governmental meetings.

Every year, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter takes in thousands of animals at its two locations, a menagerie that can include cats and dogs, rabbits and snakes, horses and hamsters.

The Watsonville City Council voted unanimously to approve Pajaro Valley High School's football field and track, more than 13 years after the school welcomed its first students on campus.