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October 1, 2026

PHOTO: SUV rolls over on Green Valley Road

No injuries were reported.

MVC’s Shayna Lebovitz impresses at SCCAL finals | Track and field

SANTA CRUZ—Monte Vista Christian School senior Shayna Lebovitz was on a mission Saturday afternoon, taking home the gold in four events at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League track and field championships.  She won the 300-meter hurdles in 48.92 seconds, the high jump in 5...

PVUSD board selects new leadership

pvusd trustees
WATSONVILLE—“It’s been a crazy, crazy, crazy crazy year,” Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Daniel Dodge, Jr. said Wednesday, just before the board appointed trustees Kim De Serpa and Maria Orozco as President and Vice-President, respectively. They will hold the positions until December 2022. In addition...

Photo: Wet weather warning

A Dodge pickup came to a rest on its side against a utility pole early Tuesday morning on the 100 block of Carlton Road. California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney said the male driver was traveling eastbound on Carlton just after 7am at an...

Projects improving pedestrian access to PV High move forward

costal rail trail
WATSONVILLE—A trail system that would connect Pajaro Valley High School to downtown Watsonville took another step forward Friday, gaining approval from the County Zoning Administrator. The project, headed up by the city of Watsonville, would create a 12-foot wide, 1.4-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail that...

City Council votes to move George Washington statue from Plaza to library

Washington statue Watsonville City Plaza
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting voted to move the George Washington statue from the City Plaza to the Watsonville Public Library. The motion, put forth by councilwoman Rebecca Garcia, passed 5-2 with council members Ari Parker and Lowell Hurst dissenting. Parker and...

Strawberry Festival kicks off

Several roads will be closed over the weekend.

Santa Cruz County health officer again limits access to beaches

COVID-19 orders
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel on Wednesday issued new restrictions on the county’s beaches, restricting their use between 11am and 5 pm starting on Saturday. The new restrictions came after hordes of people crowded the beaches and ignored social distancing rules...

Photo story: man found dead on levee

Watsonville Police secure a crime scene around a section of the Pajaro River levee Saturday morning where a passerby discovered the body of a man hanging from a tree around 9am. Watsonville Police said it appeared the man had been hanging from the tree...

Watsonville shutting down all nonessential services

WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville on Friday announced it will close all nonessential services starting Monday because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, a move that will shut the Watsonville and Freedom branch libraries as well as several City offices. City Manager Matt Huffaker...
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Mexico dance

A parade of dancers in Zacatecas

As our one-week August vacation was nearing an end in Zacatecas, Mexico, my wife Sarah and I had been to around 20 dance performances...