About 150 students attended the 2026 Santa Cruz County Youth Civics Summit at Cabrillo College in Aptos, where they learned ...

Shab said he is a strong proponent of offsetting staffing shortages through technology such as Flock license plate readers. The issue has polarized some communities, with opponents arguing the cameras ...

A late-night fire destroyed a truck at the Restore, a thrift shop in downtown Watsonville run by Habitat for Humanity ...

Law enforcement officials in Monterey County rescued a possibly suicidal man who was threatening to jump off the  San Miguel ...

It was a special, and historical, Wednesday night for four local high school soccer teams that kept their Central Coast Section postseason runs alive for at least one more weekend. The Watsonville ...

A man was arrested early Friday morning after he reportedly lost control of his pickup and slammed into the front of the Ace Hardware store in downtown Watsonville.

A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly brandished an altered replica firearm in Watsonville. Eduardo Lopez, 32, was ...

A pair of crashes in two days knocked out power and tore down two utility poles a few hundred feet apart on Airport Boulevard ...

Aptos High’s Ivan Zavala recorded a pair of goals as the boys’ soccer team defeated Soquel, 2-0, in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic ...

Rep. Jimmy Panetta told a group of business and tourism officials on Thursday that he plans to fight a proposal by the Trump administration to drill for oil off the California coast.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that he and Sen. Adam Schiff secured $54 million in federal funding for the Pajaro ...

Area youths tested their engineering skills Friday in downtown Watsonville at the 2026 Egg Drop Challenge. The 23rd annual contest celebrates National Engineers Week, which aims to honor engineers as ...