UCSC fires 74 striking teaching assistants demanding higher wages
SANTA CRUZ—A graduate teaching assistant who worked at UC Santa Cruz until she was fired on Friday says that a protest for higher wages...
Suspects ditch stolen car
Watsonville Police Sgt. Mish Radich works with Master Officer Burt Iles, K-9 officer Rocky and California Highway Patrol officer Robert Padilla Tuesday in searching for four men that reportedly fled from officers on foot.
Police arrest Watsonville man accused of killing wife
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a vehicle in Santa Cruz was arrested early Tuesday morning after...
Trash talkers: keeping the County Clean
A group of city workers and volunteers spent the afternoon cleaning massive amounts of trash from a wooded hillside in Watsonville one sunny day...
Dientes Community Dental Care restarts outreach
In the first months of the pandemic, Dientes Community Dental Care was forced to close its clinics throughout Santa Cruz County. The nonprofit organization,...
Photo: Honoring the fallen
Gravesites are marked with flags on Memorial Day at the Evergreen Cemetery in Harvest West Park in Santa Cruz Monday. Previously known as Decoration Day,...
County supervisors move to streamline rebuilding process
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday set the stage for a streamlined process for rebuilding the homes and other...
Council to consider 150-unit housing project
The Watsonville City Council will consider approving a project Tuesday that would add 150 housing units off of Ohlone Parkway.
Several small business insurance policies won’t cover COVID-19 losses
Many of California’s roughly 3.8 million small business owners have scrambled to find some financial relief after Gov. Gavin Newsom on March 19 ordered...
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...
