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Santa Cruz couple rekindle past relationship on Hallmark+ series ‘Second Chance Love’
Picture this: You had a summer romance 15 years ago, and while you liked the person you were in a relationship with, you had to break it off because you...
Scotts Valley man identified as victim in Santa Cruz Wharf crash
The victim of a Sunday morning crash at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf that resulted in a vehicle driving through the railing and into the Monterey Bay has been identified...
Driver dies after vehicle drives off Santa Cruz Wharf
A driver died Sunday morning after their vehicle crashed through railing along the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf and into the Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Fire Department officials announced in an...
Award-winning author Katherine Applegate to host virtual author talk on book ‘Odder’
Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate will be discussing her 2022 novel "Odder" in a virtual author talk hosted by the Library Speakers Consortium and distributed to member libraries, including the Watsonville...
Martinelli’s voluntarily recalls more than 170,000 apple juice bottles due to potential toxin contamination
More than 170,000 bottles of apple juice produced by Watsonville-based S. Martinelli & Co. have been taken off the shelves due to potential contamination with a toxic substance known as...
Monterey County receives nearly $4.1 million USDA grant to improve Pajaro Sanitation District system
The Pajaro River flood of 2023 brought many devastating impacts to the community of Pajaro, including residents being displaced for weeks, the closure of Pajaro Middle School's campus for 17...
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author who chronicled internment experiences, dies at 90
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, an acclaimed author who shared stories of growing up in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II in her 1973 memoir, "Farewell to Manzanar," died...
Central Coast Community Energy hosting home electrification workshop in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE — As California continues to work to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, one way it is doing so is through expediting the construction of new homes with appliances that...
Officials break ground on Pajaro River levee Reach 6 project
Local, state and federal officials gathered along Corralitos Creek behind the Pajaro Valley Unified School District office at Green Valley Road for a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the start...
Local students get head start on math lessons with Algebra Academy
The academy was launched in 2010 and initially consisted of 40 students from Rolling Hills Middle School in Watsonville receiving five days of instruction in a working environment — in...