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More than 300 firefighters are battling a blaze in the Boulder Creek area, which has grown to about 150 acres, Cal Fire spokeswoman Colleen Baxter said Tuesday.

To her friends, family and coworkers, Deanne Pernell was an energetic, caring teacher with a passion for teaching young people to read, and a particular affinity for bilingual education.

Second Harvest Food Bank works year-round with more than 100 organizations to deliver donated food to nearly 55,000 people throughout Santa Cruz County every month.

The Aptos High Drama Department is presenting this year’s fall production, “Pride and Prejudice.”

Spurred by several events over the past year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a meeting Thursday to update the public on a project that aims to lower the flood risk along the Pajaro River levees.

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.

Eleven new art pieces now grace the walls of the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust thanks to the efforts of local artist Jaime Sanchez.

The Watsonville High School varsity football team prepares for the school's homecoming parade Thursday in downtown Watsonville.

With autumn on the horizon, many local residents look forward to the first social event to celebrate the harvest season in the Pajaro Valley, our annual fundraiser, an Evening of Wine and Roses. This year’s event, which raises funds to support diabetes prevention efforts, health education, oral healthcare, scholarships for students in the health professions, and other health promotion efforts, will be held

The massive cluster of wildfires in Napa County has so far clawed its way through nearly 192,000 acres, destroyed some 5,700 homes and businesses and killed 34 people. But it has also spewed smoke throughout the Bay Area, as far away as Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties.