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January 13, 2026

Protest, film target pesticide regulations

About 40 people gathered outside the CineLux Green Valley Cinema in Watsonville Friday to protest new regulations by the Department of Pesticide Regulation regarding...

De Serpa clinches Second District Supervisor seat

Kim De Serpa has held her seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees for more than a decade. In her...

Photo story: local butchers ready for holiday meat orders

Freedom Meat Lockers General Manager Sarah Lewis is joined by Jeff Bassmann with their award-winning hams as they brace for holiday orders. Lewis said...

Core funding process leaves nonprofits perplexed, officials frustrated

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday cast a split vote to allocate $3.79 million in Collective of Results and Evidence-based (CORE)...

Photo story: man found dead on levee

Watsonville Police secure a crime scene around a section of the Pajaro River levee Saturday morning where a passerby discovered the body of a...

Two shot in Santa Cruz, suspects flee

Two people were shot Friday night on the west side of Santa Cruz, according to Santa Cruz Police. Around 8pm SCPD got reports of shots...

News briefs

Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station Environmental Review  The Transportation Agency for Monterey County is hosting a public session where people can learn about the Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station...

Monica Martinez to be first LGBTQ County Supervisor

When Monica Martinez is sworn in to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors in January, she will be one of two women to...

Districts shifting to digital SAT testing. What this mean for students

Editor’s note: Zen Weaver is a junior at Aptos High School.  This is the first part in a two part series about the digitalization of...

Coffee and bites on the go

After being inspired by a business class at Cabrillo College, Watsonville native Salvador Murillo put his skills and knowledge to the test with a...
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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...