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In a little less than two years, a vacant lot on the 500 block of Main Street will be home to a 4-story building and a new restaurant. Construction crews are working on the foundation for the building, which when complete will be called The...

Guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter Joe Louis Walker will be performing at the Appleton Event Center in Watsonville on Dec. 5

WATSONVILLE—A man wanted for an attempted murder in Watsonville on Jan. 7 was arrested Tuesday during a high-risk traffic stop. Ian Coetzee, 21, was charged with attempted murder. He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $375,000 bail, jail records showed. According to...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to create an Office of Recovery and Resilience, which will coordinate the county’s response to the CZU August Lightning Complex fire. The new office would also respond to future disasters, which...

WATSONVILLE—More than 10 percent of the $349 billion set aside for the nation’s small businesses struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic has already been claimed as of Monday morning, according to National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. Speaking to reporters at the White...

A Watsonville firefighter helps clean up the scene of a two-vehicle crash on East Lake Avenue at Blackburn Street Thursday night. Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said Margarito Martinez-Garcia, 19, was traveling westbound in a Honda Accord at 7:20pm when he plowed into the...

The Watsonville Community Band performs Friday evening during the City of Watsonville's sesquicentennial celebration.

Special events Sip Shop & Shoe Talk (Feb. 29) Join us for a Fashion Day out with fashion blogger and shoe designer Flor de Maria of Flor de Maria Fashion. Shop from her latest shoe line and save 20 percent. Plus champagne and cupcakes with a discount...

New Leaf Energy, the company proposing a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility for Minto Road in Watsonville, has submitted a pre-application to the California Energy Commission seeking approval for the project. The move was a possibility county officials have long feared since the project...

Work continues on the installation of large tile panels in the eighth phase of the ongoing mosaic mural project, titled Watsonville Brilliante, which has covered much of the parking structure at the corner of Second and Rodriguez streets. Headed up by Watsonville artist Kathleen Crocetti,...