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December 18, 2025

‘Off the Streets’ hits local art gallery

pv art gallery
“Off the Streets,” a new exhibit presented by PV Arts at their Sudden Street gallery, will open to the public Aug. 6 and run...

Freedom Bakery celebrates a half-century

Watsonville’s Freedom Bakery—the oldest family-owned bakery in the Monterey Bay region—is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, marking five decades of providing the community...

Flowers set the stage for county fair

flower planting
A team of 60 volunteers that included children, teens and adults took gardening implements in hand on July 24 to plant flowers at the...

Graniterock’s Algebra Academy completes 15th year

algebra academy classroom
On Tuesday, as most of their peers were enjoying the waning remainder of their summer breaks, several groups of young people were sitting in...

Photo story: Morning rollover near Target store

MEDICAL EMERGENCY Watsonville firefighters deal with a solo-vehicle rollover on Thursday, where an SUV barrel-rolled down a hillside on Main Street. Watsonville City spokeswoman...

Body of Nicholas Magana-Zamora found

Nicholas Magana-Zamora (GoFundMe)
The body of a 15-year-old male who went missing July 23 in Watsonville in the Laken area off of Holohan Road was found in...

One arrested after fire at Capitola Target store

One person was arrested Tuesday night after a fire inside the Target store in Capitola. Central Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Patrick Winters said that...

Tsunami warning issued after Russian earthquake

Officials from the National Weather Service have issued a tsunami warning after magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurred at 4:25pm 80 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka...

Two die in motorcycle crash

boulder creek crash
A 61-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both of Hayward, died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 9 near Boulder Creek Saturday. The California Highway...

Bill H.R. 4696 would provide pathway to citizenship

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...
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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...