Here comes 2020, a new decade, a new year | About Town
Tarmo Hannula: There was a 3.9 earthquake centered in Morgan Hill last night. I was in bed reading when suddenly it felt like a truck bumped into my house. It hit at 11:16 p.m. The United State Geological Survey said it reached Santa Cruz,...
Levee eviction & cleanout begins, setting stage for construction, restoration
On Monday, 27-year-old Brenda Duarte was standing alongside a pile of her belongings in between the train tracks and the Pajaro River Levee, wondering where she was going to sleep that night after a planned levee eviction uprooted her.
Surrounding her were scores of recently...
Family, including infant, injured in Hwy. 152 crash
Three people – one of them an infant – suffered serious injuries Friday night in a head-on collision near Hecker Pass.
County Fair readies for return with minor changes
WATSONVILLE—Teams of volunteers are working to set the stage for the Santa Cruz County Fair, which returns from a one-year hiatus later this month.
From flower plantings to applying fresh coats of paint, volunteers and staff are readying the fairgrounds for a full schedule of...
Try This | Oct. 25
A weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.
TONY NUÑEZ
Food
La Fondita: enchiladas
Having our offices in downtown Watsonville has been a delight for me come lunchtime. So many great restaurants. So little time—and money. I’ve started to...
PHOTO: No injuries in 3-vehicle crash
No injuries were reported in a three-vehicle crash just past noon Tuesday on Kearney Street in Watsonville.
Red Cross honors ‘Heroes’
Thirteen Hero awards were issued to community members on June 15 for “their acts of courage or compassion,” the American Red Cross said.
Watsonville’s slough trail system a county gem
Just beyond the veneer of traffic din and mundane get-your-coffee-and-go workaday world lies a vast network of trails, which snake through Watsonville’s slough system. Discovering them takes only a brief walk from about two-dozen entrances scattered throughout the city.
But until I took a half-day,...
Man accused of killing girlfriend pleads not guilty
SANTA CRUZ—The man who investigators say stabbed his girlfriend to death at her apartment on Clifford Avenue in July pleaded not guilty Tuesday during a brief hearing.
Alberto Scalant, 33, returns to court for his preliminary hearing on Nov. 17. He is being held in...
PVUSD board to mull ‘stay-away letter’ for Medina
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board Trustee Gabe Medina could be restricted from entering the Pajaro Valley High School campus after a confrontation with...
