About 150 students attended the 2026 Santa Cruz County Youth Civics Summit at Cabrillo College in Aptos, where they learned ...

A man was arrested early Friday morning after he reportedly lost control of his pickup and slammed into the front of the Ace Hardware store in downtown Watsonville.

It was a special, and historical, Wednesday night for four local high school soccer teams that kept their Central Coast Section postseason runs alive for at least one more weekend. The Watsonville ...

A late-night fire destroyed a truck at the Restore, a thrift shop in downtown Watsonville run by Habitat for Humanity ...

When Watsonville Police Chief Brian Shab took the helm of the department early this year, he saw a problem that is plaguing law enforcement agencies across the country: recruiting and retaining ...

Hundreds of Santa Cruz County families could lose their federal rental assistance as early as December unless Congress restores funding to a pandemic-era housing voucher program, local officials ...

Gina Castañeda, who founded Aztecas Youth Soccer Academy, received this year’s Kim Crabbe Game Changers Award from the  U.S. Soccer Federation.

These women prepare for the annual All Saints Bazaar on Dec. 15, 1955.

After 30 people demanded that the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees rescind a Dec. 11 decision to lay off 80 teachers and 78 school employees during their Wednesday night meeting ...

A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly brandished an altered replica firearm in Watsonville. Eduardo Lopez, 32, was ...

The Santa Cruz Symphony's tour, The Orchestra Swings, features dances by local folklorico groups. Upcoming performances include Feb. 27; 9:30 and 11am and a family show March 1 at 2pm at the Civic ...

Law enforcement officials in Monterey County rescued a possibly suicidal man who was threatening to jump off the  San Miguel ...