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Watsonville Police — along with many law enforcement agencies — are seeing an influx of cases in which people respond to online ads for prostitution and are instead robbed.

Observations from around Watsonville.

Two people were hospitalized after crashing their vehicles during a suspected street race, California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Trista Drake said.

Downtown Watsonville’s newest fixture is The Terrace, a sleek edifice that has transformed the Main Street corridor with several businesses below and 54 apartments above.

Youth baseball coach Tom Gugale was known for his passion for the game, his gregarious personality and for the legions of young people who loved to play for him. Gugale was killed Friday morning when his truck overturned near San Luis Reservoir. He was 47

Three years after starting a program to clean the waters of Pinto Lake, Watsonville city officials are reporting success.

Around 10:30 in the morning Friday, the students of Starlight Elementary School gathered together on the school’s blacktop to begin preparing for a day full of reading.

A group of 12 young California Conservation Corps (CCC) members stood together in front of their future headquarters on Aviation Way in Watsonville on Wednesday, swearing an oath to do their jobs to the best of their ability.

WATSONVILLE—A home was badly damaged after a fire broke out late Saturday at a mobile home park in Watsonville. According to the Santa Cruz County Fire Dispatch website, a fire was reported on the 100 block of Pera Drive inside the Rancho Cerritos Mobile Home...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday discovered and shut down what investigators described as one of the largest butane honey oil labs the department has seen in years.