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Since the beginning of the year, police in unincorporated Santa Cruz County have arrested just six people for operating a motor vehicle while stoned, California Highway Patrol Officer Trista Drake said.

Richard Piontkowski spent the previous 12 years of his life in a nursing home, where nearly every aspect of his life was controlled by others.

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.

East Lake Village Shopping Center has long drawn shoppers from throughout Watsonville, with a grocery store, a hardware store and several restaurants.

Seasonal weather is on tap for the weekend, with patchy clouds starting off Saturday and Sunday, which will break up both days into the late morning to warm and sunny conditions.

If a group of Watsonville healthcare workers has its way, voters will approve a ballot initiative that would limit the amount that Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) can charge its patients.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District reached a contract agreement with its classified employees after four meetings that concluded Sept. 15 with a “marathon” 12-hour bargaining session, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Chona Killeen said Friday.

A record 19.6 million people turned in their voter registration forms by the deadline, according to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.

Michael Watkins, who has been with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education for 37 years, and has served as its superintendent for more than a decade, will be retiring at the end of his third term in 2018.