Man arrested for celebratory gunfire gone awry
FREEDOM—A Freedom man was arrested Saturday after a bullet he fired during a July 4 celebration ricocheted off the ground and entered a nearby...
Watsonville police looking for help finding 1-year-old
UPDATE: The 1-year-old has been returned to her mother.
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 1-year-old child who...
Executive Order 9066 uprooted Japanese community overnight
Editor’s note: This is the second entry of a weekly four-part series about the Pajaro Valley’s Japanese community. The series will culminate on Aug....
Art calls for action | About Town
TARMO HANNULA
I saw another large temporary chalk art drawing in front of the Main Branch of the Watsonville Public Library last week. The point...
Living Giant | Photo Gallery
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County clears out | About Town
A few days ago I rode my bike through downtown Santa Cruz and out by the wharf and the Beach Boardwalk. It was empty....
Shelter sites begin to transition as fire recovery begins
SANTA CRUZ—With the repopulation of a few towns in the CZU August Lighting Complex evacuation zone, the Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)...
Heats hits the coast | About Town
Tarmo Hannula:
Our Medditerean climate leaves little to complain about — mild summers, with a few hot spells; mild winters with a few cold weeks...
Dropping in | Photo Gallery
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Public health officials champion flu shots to avoid ‘twindemic’
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Health officials are urging everyone 6 months and older to get a flu vaccine this year in order to avoid a “twindemic”...
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...
