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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.

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...

Observations from around Watsonville.

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

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

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

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.

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 woman died after she was struck by a pickup as she was crossing Main Street Monday afternoon.

On Monday morning, SwingTime Catering owner Antonette Wood was cooking up a storm at the company’s Watsonville kitchen.