Santa Cruz County Fair officials and volunteers focus on moving forward
Zeke Fraser has a lot on his desk, both figuratively and literally. He briefly stepped away from his paperwork-lined desk at the Santa Cruz...
City’s youth art contest still open for submissions
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville is currently holding a special art contest for local youth, and there is still a week left for pieces to...
Pain And Progress In Pajaro
Tarmo Hannula and Todd Guild contributed to this story
Jerry Castro has lived in the same house on Cayetano Street in Pajaro all his life....
Photo story: Plein Air returns to Capitola
LOCAL ART Waverly Liu works on a watercolor painting of the Stockton Bridge in Capitola Wednesday morning. She joined 40 area artists as part...
Out to sea | About Town
President Trump is on another pardon spree for a bunch of people facing various jail sentences and other punishments. So far he has let...
Santa Cruz County welcomes new Superior Court judge
More than 100 people gathered in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Dec. 15 to watch the swearing-in of its newest judge, Erika Ziegenhorn,...
Watsonville, Santa Cruz clearing homeless camps
Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing jurisdictions throughout the state to address the homeless camps within their borders—and about one...
Mount Madonna School hosts regional Model United Nations for youth
MOUNT MADONNA—Middle and high school students from six schools in four counties joined their peers at Mount Madonna School (MMS) for its inaugural regional...
New fire station not recommended, executive team gets pay increase
WATSONVILLE—The addition of a third fire station would not significantly improve Watsonville Fire Department’s response time to most neighborhoods, according to a 142-page report...
Watsonville Ivy League Project founder honored
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Ivy League Project was launched 14 years ago with a simple idea: bringing high school students to the nation’s top universities will...
Aptos takes down Watsonville in battle of the ‘Black and Blue...
At one time in the teams’ long history, Aptos and Watsonville were nemesis on the gridiron as members of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...
