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Efforts last month to clean Pinto Lake have been successful, Watsonville Environmental Projects Manager Jackie McCloud said Wednesday.

The truck driver who backed over and killed a coworker as they cleared a mudslide on Highway 17 last year was under the influence of methadone at the time and should not have been driving, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 17 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

The Watsonville City Council unanimously agreed to appoint Matt Huffaker as the new city manager Tuesday evening.

In a hearing packed with graphic descriptions of sexual abuse against four children, a Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge on Tuesday heard a litany of accusations against a former Santa Cruz neurosurgeon and his two female codefendants, all of whom are facing multiple charges and lifetimes in prison.

A biofuel manufacturing plant that closed its doors two years ago has reopened under new ownership.

Even before he joined several of his peers on a cross-country trip to see some of the top universities in the U.S. in late September, Pajaro Valley High School senior Anthony Ramos had experienced life away from home.

CHP officers are on high alert leading into the upcoming week, as summer travel starts up and Fourth of July approaches. The agency is reminding all drivers to put safety first as more cars than usual are traveling Santa Cruz County’s roads.

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.

At least two dozen police officers, including a SWAT team, are on scene at a gun range after reports that the business was burglarized early Wednesday.

New space includes more seating, additional menu items.