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Every year, local veterans, their friends and families and community members assemble in the Veterans Memorial Building to honor the people who served in the military.

Barney Stephens gives a tractor driving lesson at the Agricultural History Project's 14th annual Day on the Farm at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on Saturday.

A Watsonville dance troupe is aiming for the big time, and the first step is a televised talent competition in Los Angeles.

The Watsonville Police Department on Thursday issued a warning that scammers are using “virtual kidnappings” to trick people out of their money.

The truck driver who backed over and killed a coworker as they cleared a mudslide on Highway 17 last year was under the influence of methadone at the time and should not have been driving, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 17 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

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.

To help quell an expected uptick in holiday-fueled drunk driving, Watsonville Police Department is partnering with the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program.

Among more than 350 Watsonville High School seniors who graduate in June, 54 will attend California State University campuses, while 23 will go to University of California. Stanford and Yale universities snagged one WHS student each.

The Watsonville City Council voted to approve a 150-unit housing project off of Ohlone Parkway, despite opposition from a large contingent of neighbors, in a meeting that stretched into the early morning hours of Wednesday.

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