Tag: watsonville
New medallions honor history in Memorial Park
Watsonville artist Kathleen Crocetti has created two mosaic medallions for the City of Watsonville, which were installed recently at Memorial Park, located at the...
Vallarta Supermarket opens for business
Hundreds of people lined up outside the new Vallarta Supermarket Wednesday morning, hoping to be one of the first 300 inside to score a...
Annual homeless census shows positive trends, with bad news
After Santa Cruz County last year saw a drop in the numbers of unhoused people, the numbers this year from the annual Point In...
Fully restored Castro Adobe ready for visitors
It was 17 years ago that a group of volunteers began to restore the Rancho San Andreas Castro Adobe, a structure whose endurance over...
Watsonville man arrested for child sex crimes
A Watsonville man was arrested Monday for alleged sex crimes involving a child, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Eric Martinez-Villanueva, 21, was arrested without...
Car crash cuts utility pole in half
A driver shot off of Casserly Road Monday in Watsonville and slammed into a utility pole, splitting it in two.
The California Highway Patrol said...
Moving upward with Adult school
Editor’s note: this story is a preview for the graduation section that will come out on Friday. We will do our best to highlight...
Watsonville City Council approves changes to some cannabis rules
After a contentious meeting on Tuesday, a divided Watsonville City Council approved in concept several amendments to its retail cannabis ordinances, a move intended...
Remembering the fallen: community celebrates Memorial Day
For Michelle Martinez Kamalani and her mother, Judy Martinez of Watsonville, Memorial Day meant setting time aside to visit Valley Catholic Cemetery.
With an electric...
Former Watsonville Mayor, longtime attorney Todd McFarren dies
Todd McFarren, who sat on the Watsonville City Council from 1989–98—including two stints as Mayor—who served as a U.S. Marine sergeant in the Vietnam...
ARTS & CULTURE
Man arrested for agriculture-related crimes
A Prunedale man was arrested Nov. 26 on suspicion of a lengthy list of agriculture-related crimes including theft of a tractor.
On Oct. 22, deputies...
