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In a grassy soccer field at Pinto Lake County Park Tuesday, a team of young soccer players from Watsonville joined two professionals for a workshop on goalkeeping that was described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Almost six months after Orchard Supply Hardware closed its doors in the Crossroads Shopping Center on South Green Valley Road, the building has gotten a new tenant.

Santa Cruz Police Department’s new chief started his job Monday, taking the reins of a department he said has been well-managed and appears to be “in good shape.”

After serving in the firefighting world since 1985, Battalion Chief Greg Estrada, 49, of Pajaro Valley Fire is bracing to hang up his helmet at the end of the month.

Twice a week, students at Sequoia Schools gather in a classroom that has been transformed into a bike shop, learning the ins and outs of bicycle mechanics while also being exposed to career opportunities.

In May, a group of Pajaro Valley Unified School District students traveled to Japan, entering a new culture, sampling new food and meeting the families that would be their hosts for a week. It is now the American students’ turn to play host.

Volunteers picking up trash along the Pajaro River on Saturday morning found a drone and a lawnmower, while those in the Watsonville Slough found a giant stuffed Snoopy doll.

The 2016 Santa Cruz County Crop Report was released Tuesday and all signs point to rising values for the local agricultural industry.

If a group of Watsonville healthcare workers has its way, voters will approve a ballot initiative that would limit the amount that Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) can charge its patients.

Six judges had the envious task of tasting three different burritos, making notes on which one was worthy of being crowned the Best Burrito on the Central Coast during the Burrito Bash on Saturday.