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Firefighters extinguished a half-acre blaze Wednesday afternoon caused when a stolen car burst into flames on Larkin Valley Road.

More than 100 raspberry harvesters walked off the job Wednesday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices by Watsonville-based Premiere Raspberries LLC.

In a time when scores of Christmas trees are sold in the parking lots of big box stores, the idea of driving to a genuine tree farm and cutting down your own feels almost like stepping back in time.

A man died early Saturday in a brutal fiery crash after his car slammed into the center divide on Highway 1 in the northbound lanes.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a contract with Keith Day Company, Inc. to haul and process the county’s yard and wood waste.

The young man accused of killing Madyson Middleton, 8, at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz in 2015, Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, made an appearance in court Tuesday in Santa Cruz for a transfer hearing.

As the City of Watsonville’s financial situation continues to improve, disappointing cannabis revenue and increasing retirement costs have city officials concerned for the future.

Aptos Junior High School issued a “shelter in place” order Wednesday morning after school officials received a report that a student may be in possession of a dangerous “item,” Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Cleveland said.

Recent efforts to clean Pinto Lake have been largely successful, with harmful algae blooms drastically reduced, and no closures for more than a year.

A total of 2,200 riders participating in the AIDS/LifeCycle, a 545-mile fundraising bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, passed through Watsonville on Monday.