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December 24, 2025

Weekend blaze injures one | About Town

I covered a fire Saturday night in Santa Cruz where flames tore through the roof of an occupied shed. By the time firefighters arrived...

Div. Chief Rob Ryan moves on

Watsonville Fire Department’s Division Chief Rob Ryan ended his career Dec. 28 after 41 years.

CZU Lightning Complex Fires hit one-year anniversary

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — Monday marked the one year anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex Fires that raged through 86,509 acres in the Santa...

Valencia Road work underway

More than three months after storm damage forced the closure of Valencia Elementary School, Santa Cruz County work crews are beginning the repair work, county spokesman Jason Hoppin said Wednesday.

A timeline of the coronavirus in California

At midnight, it became official: California is open. Of course, the coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, and life isn’t back to the way it was before...

Briefs

Nerdville Comic Con in  Watsonville Friends of Watsonville Parks and Community Services will hold the annual Nerdville Comic Con event at the Watsonville High School...

After decades of struggles, Watsonville’s remaining Japanese have found niche

mas Hashimoto and the Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter of the JACL
Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final entry of a weekly series about the Pajaro Valley’s Japanese community. The series’ culmination coincides with...

Photo: Wet weather warning

A Dodge pickup came to a rest on its side against a utility pole early Tuesday morning on the 100 block of Carlton Road....

Community briefs, March 8, 2019

Community briefs, March 8, 2019

Former WPD officer sworn in as San Benito Sheriff

Eric Taylor
SAN BENITO COUNTY—A Watsonville native was sworn in as the 16th sheriff for San Benito County Friday under mild, sunny conditions in the front...
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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...