Corralitos News

A 25-year-old man found himself with a black eye and behind bars Wednesday after his fall off a bar stool revealed a loaded handgun he was carrying, police said.

When Ristorante Barolo finally opened its doors to the waiting crowd Thursday night, gone was the feeling that you'd stepped into your frumpy old aunt's living room.

The wintertime color of citrus fruits is a feast for the eyes. Very few fruit crops boast as much diversity.

A fire broke out in a Watsonville neighborhood near downtown just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, prompting evacuations as two homes were engulfed in flames, authorities reported.A The fire has left 17 people homeless.

Some people doodle or bite their nails. Daniella Woolf folds paper into boats.A Netflix envelopes, old tax documents, crinkled seafaring maps-if you leave it lying around her, chances are, it will end up being folded into a boat.

Driving down Walker Street, it can be hard to spot Gary's Rods & Restorations . With just a decal on the front door, the newest restoration shop in town doesn't look flashy from the outside.

Pro cyclist Andy Jacques-Maynes [Cal Giant/Specialized] of Corralitos won the elite men's division for the 2011-12 season of the Central Coast Cyclocross Series with 245 points.

Outgoing County Supervisor Ellen Pirie has found her preferred successor, endorsing Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend in the race to replace her.

Corralitos resident Andy Jacques-Maynes won the men's elite Cat 1/2/3/4 race and local winners crowded the podiums at the Central Coast Cyclocross season finale at Fort Ord in Seaside on Sunday.