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Twenty local high school students are spending their summer getting a first-hand look at how Watsonville’s government works.

Droves of cars and pedestrians make their way along East Beach Street every day, but many are likely unaware that they are passing by one of the oldest living things in Watsonville.

The stage is being set for the annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival, which runs over the weekend.

A federal court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency must enact a nationwide ban of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a move that comes as vindication to activists who have long sought to eliminate it.

As soon as October, county officials are expected to open the county’s newest pump track at Pinto Lake, a 10,000-square-foot patch of earth sculpted with banking turns and jumps for off-road bicycling enthusiasts.

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education Board of Trustees on Thursday evening denied a charter petition for Watsonville Prep, dashing the hopes for the school's second attempt to open in Watsonville.

The Aptos man who allegedly broke into his neighbor’s house and fired about 12 shots into the locked bathroom where she was hiding with another woman made his first court appearance Monday, where he delayed entering a plea.

With three seats up for reelection, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees could see its biggest shakeup in years.

A car that smashed into a power pole on West Sixth Street late Sunday night left 542 customers without power.

Santa Cruz Police are looking for a man who reportedly tried to lure a 14-year-old girl into his car on the west side of Santa Cruz on Friday afternoon as she walked home from school.