Pinto Lake gets on track
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.
Concord Police officers struck by car in Santa Cruz
Two police officers from Concord were injured Wednesday when they were struck by a vehicle while performing a high-risk car stop on a wanted fugitive.
Police and farmworkers bridge a gap
Local farmworkers and Watsonville Police have been building a friendly relationship over the past couple years through a unique program known as "Agua con la Chota," or "Water With a Cop."
Teen arrested for shooting into residence
Watsonville Police on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old boy after he allegedly fired a shot into a residence that nearly struck a 3-year-old girl.
Construction projects progressing
A Watsonville development company will break ground in August on a project that will add a hotel, a restaurant and two small shops to Watsonville.
Thousands pour into Aptos for World's Shortest Parade
Thousands flocked to the World's Shortest Parade for a glimpse of the action in Aptos on Wednesday.
PV Water eyes College Lake project
The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency sees College Lake, located between Highway 152 and Paulsen Road, as an opportunity to help balance the valley’s over-drafted groundwater basin.
Buddhist Temple holds annual Obon Festival
Watsonville Buddhist Temple’s Obon Festival, held Sunday, has been a tradition for decades.
An historical year for Watsonville
Nearly 150 years after its incorporation, Watsonville leaders are planning out how the sesquicentennial will be celebrated in 2018.
Science workshop turns 20
Twenty years later, the Watsonville Environmental Science Workshop reaches more than 600 kids a week as well as 4,250 free after-school science lessons a year.
Watsonville Community Hospital gets new CEO
Watsonville Community Hospital has appointed veteran healthcare executive Tim Moran as its interim chief executive officer as the community-owned hospital begins a search for...






















