Tag: watsonville
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...
Photo story: annual Business Expo hits fairgrounds
John Kegebein demonstrates an early day, hand-pump vacuum at the Agricultural History Project's table during the annual Business Expo at the Santa Cruz County...
Santa Cruz County Fair seeking a new CEO
The Santa Cruz County Fair is seeking a new leader.
The 14th District Agricultural Association and Santa Cruz County Fair is accepting applications for its...
Lawsuit targets executive order cutting library, museum funding
A March 14 executive order by President Donald Trump targeting federal funding for libraries and museums—among other things—will leave no community untouched. But the...
Millions across the nation tell Trump, Musk ‘Hands Off!’
Thousands of people took a message to the streets of downtown Watsonville Saturday that they are not happy with President Trump and Elon Musk...
‘This is what democracy looks like.’ Hands off protest draws thousands...
Thousands of people gathered in Watsonville Civic Plaza Saturday afternon, holding signs and chanting in protest of the Trump Administration’s policies.
Similar “Hands Off” protests...
Mesa Village County Park gets a boost
The Mesa Village community teamed up with Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW), Pitch-In Santa Cruz County and 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez on March 29...
ARTS & CULTURE
Female Athlete of the Year: Aptos’ Izzy Graff brought excellence to...
Aptos graduate Izzy Graff was on the verge of joining the cross country team going into her junior year in 2023 so she could...
