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A Watsonville man was arrested Tuesday on charges he murdered a coworker three months ago in Morgan Hill, the Watsonville and Morgan Hill police departments reported.

Nearly eight months into an impasse with the firefighters’ union, the city will spend an additional $180,000 in consultant fees to come up with a new contract.

With a recent grant and a number of road projects in the pipeline, Watsonville city officials are optimistic that pedestrian injuries will continue to drop.

Ari Parker garnered more than 52 percent of the vote in the three-person race for the District 7 seat on the Watsonville City Council.

Early results show Greg Caput headed to his third term as the Fourth District Santa Cruz County Supervisor, but “thousands” of ballots are still left to be counted, according to the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.

Several firefighters, ambulances and police officers are responding to a crash on Highway 1 at River Street after a big rig reportedly struck 21 vehicles and then burst into flames just before 10 a.m.

Wet and windy weather out of the Gulf of Alaska is expected to drift into the Monterey Bay Area late Tuesday and dampen the area, on and off, through Friday.

A Watsonville man was struck and killed by two cars early Saturday morning Highway 1 in Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz neurosurgeon accused of numerous sex offenses against children appeared briefly in court Wednesday morning, where he did not enter a plea.

Community members enjoy milling along Brennan Street Sunday during Open Streets Watsonville where Watsonville Police closed off a section of the street to motor traffic to allow for pedestrian and bike traffic to roam freely.