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Cool weather kept the crowd sizes high at this year’s Santa Cruz County Fair, with an estimated five percent more visitors flocking to the event, compared to last year, according to fair board member Jody Belgard.

During a seven-month stint as a combat medic in Mosul, Iraq, Watsonville High School graduate Chris Lint treated scores of injured people. One of these was a woman with a bullet wound in her thigh.

Nearly 50 percent of California’s 3.2 million students met or exceeded English Language Arts standards on state tests from the past academic year, numbers nearly identical to those from 2016 results.

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

More than 600 firefighters are battling a blaze in the Boulder Creek area, which has grown to more than 271 acres, Cal Fire spokeswoman Colleen Baxter said Wednesday.

A Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge heard closing arguments Tuesday in a case that will send an accused child killer either to juvenile jail, or see him tried as an adult.

Adrian Jere Gonzalez, who is accused off raping and murdering 8-year-old Madyson "Maddy" Middleton in 2015, will be tried as an adult, a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

Wednesday night was for the ladies in Watsonville.

Santa Cruz County is known for its surfing and its tourist-friendly boardwalk but the coastal county has also been a hot bed for ghosts and legends.