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Watsonville to hold May 12 rail planning meeting

The city of Watsonville is inviting the community to a workshop focused on planning for future passenger rail service and trail improvements in and...

Getting down to earth

EARTH WATCH Watsonville Mayor Maria Orozco gathers information from the folks at the Pajaro Valley Climate Action table April 27 in Watsonville Plaza during...

Watsonville to hold May 12 rail planning meeting

The city of Watsonville is inviting the community to a workshop focused on planning for future passenger rail service and trail improvements in and...

Freedom Rotary boosts local park

Flodberg Park lies in the center of a neighborhood at the end of Alvarado Street, a tiny place with a grassy field, a blacktop,...

Locals rally against President Trump

More than 100 people lined up along Main Street in downtown Watsonville Saturday as part of a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump. Waving...

Local nonprofits combine forces to combat federal cuts

Before the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, roughly 18% of Santa Cruz County residents lacked health insurance. After it was signed into law,...

New landfill ‘a major milestone’ for city

Watsonville city on Tuesday reopened its landfill after a seven-year closure, unveiling two new areas that will give the city its own waste facility...

Sex offender arrested for stalking, touching girl

Watsonville Police on Tuesday arrested a registered sex offender after he allegedly followed and inappropriately touched a 17-year-old girl. Kenneth Wilder, 31, has been charged...

PVUSD superintendent looks back on first year

Nearly one year after she took the helm of the county’s largest school district, Pajaro Valley Unified School District Superintendent Heather Contreras sat down...

Community rallies against proposed battery storage facility in Watsonville

A grassroots movement of citizens concerned about the construction of a new battery storage facility in Watsonville held a public meeting on Monday evening...
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Armed man arrested after standoff

A man was taken into custody after a shooting Saturday night near Riverside Drive and Marchant Street. Just before 7pm, Watsonville Police responded to reports...

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