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 on Jan. 12, Jenn Capps will start on Jan. 20, the college announced in a press release.
Capps currently serves as...
Annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive makes a run
The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) held its annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive in partnership with Woodstock’s Pizza, Second Harvest Food Bank and Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday in downtown Santa Cruz.
To help local families facing food insecurity during the...
Moss Landing fire released 55,000 pounds of heavy metals, study finds
Editor’s note: This story came in part from a report by San Jose State University Professor of Marine Geology Ivano Aiello for the website The Conversation
The Jan. 16 fire at the Vistra battery energy storage plant in Moss Landing spewed an estimated 25 metric...
Emergency sidewalk repair project advances
Caltrans cews are busy with a major sidewalk repair project along Main Street (Highway 152) in Watsonville, where a chunk of land collapsed in at Struve Slough.
The rupture, between Clifford Avenue and Watsonville Square where Nob Hill is located, took out a length of...
Watsonville High gets new school resource officer
Arturo Rosas was strolling across the campus of Watsonville High School on Wednesday, greeting students and getting acquainted with his new position as school resource officer (SRO).
A SRO is tasked with providing a measure of security for schools, but is also there to serve...
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 22 computer screens, each of them showing various aspects of the company’s vast and complex operation, which is manned by...
48th Annual Heritage Holiday Craft & Gift Fair opens Friday
The 48th Annual Heritage Holiday Craft & Gift Fair will run Friday and Saturday at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
This year the event will feature 110 crafters and 120 booths featuring crafts, gifts, antiques, collectibles, toys, holiday foods, edible gifts and more.
“It’s the perfect...
Former Watsonville mayor Francisco “Paco” Estrada appointed to Cabrillo board
Cabrillo College’s Board of Trustees on Monday appointed Francisco “Paco” Estrada to fill the Trustee Area V seat.
The seat—which includes the City of Watsonville and the southern portion of Freedom—was left vacant last month when former trustee Manuel Bersamin died.
Watsonville Mayor Maria Orozco swore...
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 officials to “abate the public nuisance.”
The council declared the parcel a public nuisance on Nov. 18.
The 2.75-acre wooded property lies...
PVUSD Celebrates 120 Students with Free Guitars 4 Kids
On Nov. 16, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, in partnership with Free Guitars 4 Kids (FG4K) and Arts Council Santa Cruz County’s Mariposa Arts program, celebrated with 120 students who received their own guitars.
The event at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s The Grove Ballroom showcased...
PVUSD trustees cut school employee, teacher positions
After the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Thursday night made sweeping cuts to 78 classified positions, newly appointed Board President...
