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Around 600 people join the No Kings protest against President Trump Saturday in Watsonville Plaza along with thousands of others around the nation. From people in strollers to those in wheelchairs and on walkers, people waved signs and chanted "No Trump, No ICE" and "No War with Iran" during the two-hour event organized by Indivisible Pajaro Valley.

Photo Story: No Kings rallies take place throughout Santa Cruz County,...

Santa Cruz County was one of more than 3,000 locations across the U.S. where thousands of people staged rallies opposing President Donald Trump. It...
A crew from Granite Construction works on Reach 6 of the Pajaro River at Watsonville Project along Corralitos Creek. (

Levee work underway

Construction is underway on a long-anticipated flood control project in the Pajaro Valley, even as state lawmakers push new legislation aimed at speeding up...
Drama students at Pajaro Valley High School work through a rehearsal of “"Zoot Suit"” Monday.

Pajaro Valley High to stage ‘Zoot Suit’

The play “Zoot Suit” made its first appearance on Aug. 17, 1978, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.It was a watershed moment,...

No Kings Protest set for March 28

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. That’s the message for the No Kings protest Saturday in Watsonville Plaza and around the nation. “We’re not watching...
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City Council to consider utility rate increases

The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider a series of utility rate increases over the next five years to fund infrastructure upgrades they...

Angry Chickz opens, Staff of Life to celebrate 5th year

A new Watsonville businesses celebrated a milestone on Friday, and another is planning its own. Staff of Life grocery store is planning to ring...

American Legion boosts local students

Watsonville High School juniors Michelle Sanchez and Brianna Barrera were selected for California Boys and Girls State by Edward H. Lorenson American Legion Post...

Watsonville Film Festival wraps up 14th year

Twenty short films by area students not only filled the big screen at Green Valley Cinemas Sunday afternoon. The program by the Watsonville Film...

Man found with missing Fresno teen

A Watsonville man was arrested Tuesday after he was found in a hotel with a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing out of...

Sexual assault allegations surface against César Chávez

The nation’s oldest farmworker union announced Tuesday that it has canceled all events celebrating labor organizer César Chávez after allegations surfaced that he sexually...
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Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell, left, joins Aztecas Youth Soccer Academy founder Gina Castañeda, Chief Probation Officer Sandra Mendez, 1440 Multiversity co-creator Joanie Kriens, Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah, Ramon Gomez from Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez’s office and Watsonville Police Chief Brian Shab in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Aztecas new clubhouse.

Aztecas Youth Soccer Club unveils new clubhouse

Christian Chavez was struggling with anxiety while attending Pajaro Valley High School and frequently refused to go. “I was just staying home,” he said. Christian, 15,...

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