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Launch conditions were far from nominal at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Thursday, where a small group of rocket scientists gathered to perform several test runs of a homemade rocket.

Assuming Santa Cruz County would deliver its usual gloom for Monday’s solar eclipse, I played hooky from work, loaded my boys in the car and headed inland to San Jose.

The Watsonville City Council unanimously supported one of five transportation scenarios outlined in a recently-released study Wednesday.

Community Champions Week is part of a nationwide campaign that aims to increase awareness and encourage support for senior nutrition needs and services.

As many as 300 people came to the Veterans Memorial Building in Watsonville Wednesday for a turkey-and-ham lunch, an annual Thanksgiving celebration created to bring together service organizations and the people they serve.

Michael Watkins, who has been with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education for 37 years, and has served as its superintendent for more than a decade, will be retiring at the end of his third term in 2018.

A woman who was struck by a car at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Holm Road last week is still in critical condition as of Monday evening.

Watsonville Police have strengthened their presence at Pajaro Valley High School Friday after they learned of a threat of a school shooting scrawled on a restroom wall earlier in the week.