Supervisors approve changes to Public Defender office
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a plan to move the county’s public defender services from a private...
Policing and Social Equity committee members set
The City of Watsonville recently announced the names of 12 selected citizens who will serve on the new Policing and Social Equity Ad-Hoc Committee,...
Man shot, killed in Pajaro River bed
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Pajaro riverbed.
Ashley Keehn, spokeswoman for the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, said the victim has...
Family, including infant, injured in Hwy. 152 crash
Three people – one of them an infant – suffered serious injuries Friday night in a head-on collision near Hecker Pass.
Surreal skies cover Central Coast
CENTRAL COAST—Though the CZU August Lightning Complex fire is now more than 86% contained in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the sky and weather do...
Following 2019 fire, The Hideout reopens
APTOS—Almost two years after a fire, The Hideout restaurant in Aptos is back up to speed with a slightly expanded building, modern upgrades and...
Leaders push for farmworkers to receive Covid-19 vaccine
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—More than one million people have so far received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
These “frontline” workers in...
Two arrested in connection with Santa Cruz shootings
Michael Trabue Day, 19, of San Jose, and Enrique Rocha, 20, of Watsonville, were charged with attempted homicide, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and participation in a criminal street gang. They were booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $900,000 bail, jail records showed.
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...
