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Watsonville awarded $39 million grant for new METRO transit center

The City of Watsonville, in partnership with Santa Cruz METRO and MidPen Housing, has been awarded a $39 million state grant to help build...

Photo story: A lighted Watsonville

The front yard of this home at the corner of Hushbeck Avenue and Bronte Street in Watsonville is packed with Holiday cheer.

Cabrillo College chooses new president

Cabrillo College on Tuesday named the candidate they hope will take the helm as president and Superintendent. If approved by the college’s Board of Trustees...

Watsonville welcomes new mayor

Outgoing Watsonville Mayor Maria Orozco on Tuesday handed her gavel to Kristal Salcido, as the Mayor Pro Tempore seat went to Casey Clark. Under Watsonville...

Graniterock celebrates 125 years

In a tower at the center of Graniterock’s 1,000-acre Wilson Quarry in Aromas, Plant Operator Cesar Barajas sits in front of an array of...

City Council green-lights abatement of ‘nuisance’ homeless camp

Watsonville can begin clearing a large homeless encampment on Airport Boulevard after the City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to allow city...

Body found in the Pajaro River

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a body was found floating in the Pajaro River Sunday just beyond the levee, shown here...

Watsonville Police chief nabs armed suspect

Watsonville Police Chief David Rodriguez on Nov. 25 arrested an armed Watsonville gang member carrying a backpack with drugs and ammunition after a brief...

Nonprofit aims to reduce & eliminate dangerous pesticides, impose buffer zone...

A state nonprofit that aims to reduce and eliminate the use of dangerous pesticides on agricultural fields in California plans to sue the agency...

Residents demand more oversight of new BESS facilities

Almost a year after the largest lithium-ion battery storage facility in the world caught fire at Moss Landing, spewing toxic material and forcing the...
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Ted Balestreri, CEO and Chairman of the Cannery Row Company, left, joins Monterey County Supervisor Supervisor Kate Daniels, at podium, along with Monterey Bay Aquarium CEO Jenny Gray, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, Monterey Mayor Tyller Williamson and Save Our Shores Executive Director Katie Thompson. (Todd Guild/The Pajaronian)

Panetta vows to fight ‘Trump 2.0’ drilling plans

During President Donald Trump’s first term in office, which began in 2017, his administration proposed a sweeping plan to open nearly all U.S. coastal...

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