Rain expected to clear smoke from Camp Fire
Wet and windy weather out of the Gulf of Alaska is expected to drift into the Monterey Bay Area late Tuesday and dampen the area, on and off, through Friday.
Major rainfall expected Tuesday
A major storm system known as an atmospheric river is expected to hit California late Tuesday morning, deluging the lowlands and dumping as much as four feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Ceremony honors those who died in service
The Avenue of the Flags Ceremony took place on Memorial Day, an annual event put on by the North Monterey County LULAC Council #2907, Veterans of Foreign Wars and others at the Castroville Public Cemetery for 26 years.
PHOTO: A hard day’s work
A field worker realigns an irrigation system on a farm along San Andreas Road.
Palacios sworn in as County Administrative Officer
Former Watsonville City Manager Carlos Palacios was sworn in as the new County Administrative Officer for Santa Cruz County Tuesday at the County Board of Supervisors meeting.
Aptos High grad’s play to hit the stage
Aptos High School graduate Kiegan Lee's one-act play she wrote was selected to be performed by a professional theater company during the 33rd annual festival of Plays by Young Writers in January.
Cops double down on drunk drivers during holiday
To help quell an expected uptick in holiday-fueled drunk driving, Watsonville Police Department is partnering with the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program.
Voters flock to the polling stations, many for the first time
A record 19.6 million people turned in their voter registration forms by the deadline, according to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
Council to consider PV High School's athletic field
In what could be the final chapter of a long saga, the Watsonville City Council will consider approving Pajaro Valley High School's athletic field project on Tuesday.
Standoff shuts down Clifford Avenue
Police have shut down Clifford Avenue between Claremont and Melrose avenues Friday morning to make way for a stand off that is currently in progress.
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...





















