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The last five years I’ve written a column on the Super Bowl that has been more or less chalked full of bold predictions, hot takes and, of course, a Miss Cleo-like guess of who will win the actual game. I’m glad to say that I’ve outdone myself this year. Here are my seven predictions heading into Sunday’s meeting between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles:

With hikes through the woods and sloughs, ropes courses high in the redwoods and a study of water ecosystems, a new program at New School Community Day School has taken students outside the traditional classroom setting.

The first day of summer was perhaps the best day for a group of students to learn how to capture and use the power of the sun.

A man was shot Friday morning on Riverside Drive following a disagreement in family court in Watsonville.

The alleged triggermen in the 2014 gang shooting that left a 4-year-old girl dead made an appearance in court Tuesday morning, where a Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge set a Jan. 23 date, at which time prosecutors and defense attorneys will agree on a date for jury selection.

In a small courtyard at 521 Main St., as kids play, color and blow bubbles, a group of diligent volunteers sits behind a plastic table handing out free lunches to kids in need.

A man uses a large umbrella to guard himself from the rain Wednesday in Watsonville.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will soon have a different look when it seats two new members in December.

Protests broke out across the nation Thursday in response to new immigration policies implemented by the Trump Administration that have been separating children from their families at the Mexico-U.S. border.

Voters will decide in November if the city should increase its transient occupancy tax by one percent after the Watsonville City Council agreed to put the issue on the ballot Tuesday.