Photo: Ag fields underwater
Flooded agriculture fields reflect stormy skies and hoop house frames on a farm off of Riverside Drive in Watsonville. Evacuation orders for neighborhoods along the creeks and Pajaro River were downgraded to warnings this morning, but officials are asking the public to stay alert...
Tom Broz named Farmer of the Year
Tom Broz was named the 2023 Farmer of Year by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau June 22 at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
In its 106th annual meeting, the Farm Bureau welcomed dozens of farmers, agricultural workers and others to the open-air event.
Broz and...
Hospital purchase ‘is going to happen’
WATSONVILLE—Through a series of contributions and donations, the Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHCD) has gathered together enough money to purchase Watsonville Community Hospital, ending months of nail-biting in which the fate of the 127-year-old institution hung in the balance.
PVHCD will close escrow on...
Major injuries reported in Riverside Drive crash
A man was seriously injured and a woman and two children suffered minor to moderate injuries in a two-vehicle crash Sunday on Riverside Drive.
Watsonville Police Officer Javier Ayala said the man was driving a Honda Civic south on Walker Street with a woman and...
Watsonville Elks Lodge welcomes new leaders
Watsonville Elks Lodge recently welcomed new Exalted Ruler Warren Anderson and First Lady Doris Williamson.
Peter Telc (Past Exalted Ruler) passed the baton to Anderson during the installation of officers.
“Peter has done a great job as Exalted Ruler and we appreciate him,” the lodge stated...
Watsonville native runs for mayor of San Jose
SAN JOSE—Watsonville native Matt Mahan is on the ballot in San Jose and could become the mayor of Northern California’s largest city if voters select him in the two-way race.
The mayoral candidate grew up on the outskirts of Watsonville in the 1980s and ’90s,...
Community speaks out on pesticide plan
Members of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation presented a plan Monday that aims to strengthen the way the state regulates agricultural pesticides.
The seven-page Draft Strategic Plan 2024-28 was presented in Watsonville to a crowd of about 50 people at the Ramsay Park Family...
Honoring the dead at PV Arts
The annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit opened Thursday at Pajaro Valley Arts on Sudden Street.
The show explores the connection between the living and those who have passed. Typically, altars (ofrendas) are built in homes and public spaces to honor and remember the...
Watsonville Police seize three guns in five days
WATSONVILLE—In a span of five days Watsonville Police seized three guns and made three arrests in Watsonville, said Michelle Pulido, spokeswoman for WPD.
On Wednesday a suspect pulled a gun on a man at a shopping center on the 1200 block of Main Street around...
Suspected church arsonist arrested
WATSONVILLE—Police have arrested a man suspected of starting a fire in St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish that caused $100,000 in damage.
Alberto Melgoza, 36, is also suspected of setting a fire at Ave Maria Memorial Chapel in June, Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said.
Melgoza was arrested...
Withe the continent in disaray, Europe’s populists embrace Trump
Following the U.S. election, many celebrated a significant electoral victory. Many simply exhaled. Others are showing signs of frustration and despair. A significant segment...
