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Alejandro Lopez, a Watsonville resident and Santa Cruz Breakers Academy alumnus, died late Monday night at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, according to the Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office.

Straw Hat Pizza is excited to bring you the Kona Brewing Co. Tap takeover! This Wed. March 28th head down to your local Straw Hat Pizza at 2026 Freedom Blvd. and join the festivities! Starting tonight at 6pm-10pm. We have live music & an amazing Beer selection! Raffle and giveaways all night long. Also Paint and Chill Party, Watsonville Youth Center Fundraiser so we will be raffling off some really cool stuff! Live music from Jaime & The Allstars Band

WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Unified School District students will wait at least two extra months to return to their classrooms, the district’s trustees unanimously voted Wednesday. The...

WATSONVILLE—The aging sports field at Freedom Elementary School is so cratered by gopher holes and waterlogged by winter weather that some students don’t bother...

Editor's note: This story was updated from a previous version. WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Sunday night voted unanimously to...

Oct. 18, 2019 Tarmo Hannula: Here comes Halloween, one of my favorite times of the year. Fall leaves, colder mornings and evenings, crazy dressed up...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville’s first retail cannabis outlet, called The Hook, opens Friday. The 3,600-square-foot warehouse is located on a stretch of road on Hangar Way in...

Construction continues on a new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing of Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz as part of the Highway 1...

Martin Rubalcava came to the U.S. in 1979 from Mexico, and before he earned his citizenship constantly worried about getting rounded up by immigration...

WATSONVILLE—A new pilot program to inform residents of hazardous pesticide applications at area farmlands, under the umbrella of the Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s...