CAO Carlos Palacios Resigns After 30 Years
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors announced that County Executive Officer Carlos J. Palacios will step down in December after more than 30 years in local government leadership
A show of support for the immigrant community
A multitude of elected officials, workers and law enforcement officials from Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties gathered at the Government Center in...
Environment Commission to host battery storage public workshops
The Santa Cruz County Commission on the Environment (CoE) is convening a series of public technical workshops to examine the role and risks of...
Two injured in early-morning crash
Two women were hurt early Thursday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 129 (Riverside Road) east of Watsonville.
Thousands amass in Watsonville, Santa Cruz for No Kings Day
This story has been updated with more photos from the Watsonville event.
Thousands of people gathered at the Governmental Center in Santa Cruz and in...
Supervisors to consider fate to Redman-Hirahara House in August
Few would question the assertion that the 128-year-old Redman-Hirahara House is showing its age.
Languishing in a parcel on the outskirts of Watsonville and visible...
County leaders denounce use of force in L.A.
The Watsonville City Council and the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously denounced the use of military force against protestors and...
Man arrested in Moss Landing fight
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 29-year-old Joshua Timothy Holtzclaw for voluntary manslaughter after the Sheriff’s Dive Team recovered a man’s body in...
Sen. Padilla handcuffed at DHS press conference
Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles Thursday.
Padilla, a ranking member of the Senate...
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...
