Making a home for his students
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (SCCOE) has named a Pajaro Valley Unified School District educator of the year.
Kohut, accomplices held to answer
A Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence to send a former neurosurgeon and his female accomplices to trial on charges that they sexually abused both of the women’s children.
Hoping to hit the jackpot
It may be only a one in 293 million chance, but that’s not stopping many from trying their luck at winning $700 million.
Man shot, killed in Live Oak
A 26-year-old man was shot and killed late Sunday night near his apartment in the Emerald Bay Apartments.
Financial guru paints positive picture
Hundreds of people from throughout the Monterey Bay region came to the Henry J. Mello Center Thursday to hear financial experts give a brief synopsis of the nation’s financial health, as well as that of the region.
Council to consider lifting pot restrictions
The Watsonville City Council will look to lift its restrictions on recreational marijuana Tuesday, a little more than a year after it prohibited the sale and manufacturing of the product.
Watsonville company sells technology to Chilean tribe
A Watsonville company best known for converting crop by-products into clean-burning fuel has gone global.
Hundreds protest end to DACA
Watsonville resident Ana Garcia is attending Cabrillo College and working a full-time job, all with the hopes of eventually becoming a nurse.
A ‘real-world’ lesson
With music playing softly in the background, a group of students at New School Community Day School on Friday was focused on piles of damaged computers in front of them, each with a different electronic ailment.
Hotel tax increase to go on ballot
Voters will decide in November if the city should increase its transient occupancy tax by one percent after the Watsonville City Council agreed to put the issue on the ballot Tuesday.
23-year-old man dies after collision with pickup
A 23-year-old motorcyclist died Sept. 23 morning following a collision with a pickup on Corralitos Road, the California Highway Patrol said.
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