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Santa Cruz County residents should take steps to reduce mosquito populations and avoid being bitten after a bird was discovered with the West Nile Virus, the California Department of Public Health said Friday.

Battalion Chief Humberto Arista, a division chief with North Monterey County Fire, put in his final day Wednesday following 26 years with the district.

A Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence to send a former neurosurgeon and his female accomplices to trial on charges that they sexually abused both of the women’s children.

The Watsonville landfill, which has been in use since 1962, will be filled to capacity by the end of the year, city officials announced recently.

After 17 months of tense negotiations, Pajaro Valley Unified School District has come to a tentative contract agreement with its teachers’ union.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees's Wednesday meeting was marked with tension, which was sparked by allegations that some trustees may have violated the Ralph M. Brown Act, a strict, 65-year-old set of laws that regulate governmental meetings.

The army green helicopter that arrived at Watsonville Municipal Airport Monday began its life during the Vietnam War, and also served time in Alaska.

Sometime next summer, Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance hopes to open a new location that will allow the organization to expand its services in Watsonville.

Alex Solano will be recognized alongside Woman of the Year Lori Butterworth, Man of the Year Brad Hubbard, Business of the Year Alladin Nursery, Organization of the Year Dientes Community Dental Care and Event of the Year Aldina Real Estate’s Charity Chili Cook-off during the chamber’s annual awards dinner on Feb. 2.