The public is invited to National Night Out, a series of gatherings held in communities throughout Santa Cruz County on Aug.

A suspicious bag left leaning against a California Highway Patrol vehicle in Prunedale Monday turned out to be a lost ...

Dori Rose Indam who formwrly led Salud Para La Gente, has been selected to lead the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.

Kokoro no Gakko, a one-week summer program dedicated to the culture and arts of Japan, wrapped up its 34th annual program Friday during an open house at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple. Formed 36 ...

Two women were hurt early Thursday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 129 (Riverside Road) east of Watsonville. The California Highway Patrol said the women were aboard a Kia sedan that pulled out ...

Santa Cruz Police are warning the public of a string of fraudulent citations that were issued to parked vehicles in the beach area of Santa Cruz recently. “If you’ve recently received a parking ticket ...

HAND PICKED Maria Garduno harvests olallieberries Friday at Prevedelli Farms of Pioneer View Road in Watsonville. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) Prevedelli Farms started in Soquel in the 1930s, but ...

Edgar Camacho-Esteves and Andrea Torres-Reyes are two of 54 students who graduated this year from Ceiba College Preparatory Academy. Both came to the school in the sixth grade. Camacho-Esteves, whose ...

Ella’s at the Airport, a popular eatery at the Watsonville Municipal Airport, abruptly closed last week. A sign posted on their window reads, “Due to unexpected circumstances, we’ve made the difficult ...

More than 60 horses and their owners rolled into Watsonville this week for the annual Ocean Breeze Hunter/Jumper Show at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Organizer Tesi Picket said the show, which ...

JAPANESE CULTURE A group performs a traditional dance from Okinawa Saturday at the annual Japanese Cultural Fair at Mission Plaza Park in Santa Cruz Saturday. Since its founding in 1986, the fair has ...

An 84-year-old Bay Village resident was injured Tuesday morning after he was struck by a man on an electric bike on the Salsipudes Creek levee. Michelle Pulido of Watsonville Police said the victim ...