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Buena Vista Drive is closed in both directions at Trabing Road after a truck hauling a load of large logs overturned and sheared a power pole.

Across the country, millions of Americans craned their necks toward the sky and covered their eyes in protective glasses to witness a phenomenon that hadn’t happened in nearly 40 years.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart on Friday identified the man thought to be responsible for deliberately starting the Bear Fire.

On Monday, the Trump administration is expected to announce whether or not it will extend El Salvador's Temporary Protected Status designation for another 18 months. In response to the upcoming decision, Congressman Jimmy Panetta spoke at the Watsonville Civic Plaza’s Community Room on Friday.

The truck driver who backed over and killed a coworker as they cleared a mudslide on Highway 17 last year was under the influence of methadone at the time and should not have been driving, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 17 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

County officials finalized the June election results Monday afternoon, which show Aurelio Gonzalez defeating Jenni Veitch-Olson for the Watsonville City Council District 2 seat.

Political leaders from the County and City of Santa Cruz on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against 29 petroleum companies they say are the driving forces behind climate change and its destructive consequences.

Rain in the forecast for Saturday has dampened the city’s holiday plans.

By 9 a.m. on Tuesday, two blocks of Soquel Drive were already packed with spectators, eagerly anticipating the start of the annual World’s Shortest Parade in Aptos.

Pedestrian traffic is the goal for Watsonville’s second Open Streets event as new leadership looks to revitalize the popular affair.