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WATSONVILLE—The city of Watsonville is planning to follow through on a plan to clean out a homeless encampment on Bridge Street early Wednesday morning. The decision to stick to the ultimatum given to the 25 or so people staying in the parking lot on Sunday—the...

WATSONVILLE—He was seen by hundreds joyfully riding an early day, bright red Farmall tractor at the front of the recently opened Staff of Life Natural Foods Market in the East Lake Village Shopping Center in Watsonville. With both hands clutching the steering wheel and a...

CORRALITOS—A man and a woman of Watsonville were seriously injured on Dec. 17 in a head-on crash between two pickups on Freedom Boulevard. California Highway Patrol officer Alyssa Gutierrez said Levi Barnard, 39, of Watsonville, was driving a white 2018 GMC Sierra Denali pickup west...

Watsonville Police Master Officer Charles Bailey deals with an armed robbery at Rite Aid on Freedom Boulevard Tuesday morning. Bailey said a man wearing a mask and armed with a handgun entered the store around 10:20am and robbed the front desk cashier of an...

WATSONVILLE—After 33 years behind the wheel of the Toys For Tots program in the Pajaro Valley, coordinator and co-founder of the Santa Cruz County chapter, Delilah Valadez, handed out her final batch of toys on Dec. 4. Although Toys For Tots will continue, Valadez says...

WATSONVILLE—An attorney representing a group of people experiencing homelessness that has set up camp at a parking lot on Bridge Street has filed an injunction seeking a temporary restraining order against the city of Watsonville. Anthony Prince, general counsel for the California Homeless Union/Statewide Organizing...

In partnership with the city of Watsonville and the “Trash Talkers” volunteer group, Santa Cruz County on Dec. 17 hosted a cleanup along Corralitos Creek near Airport Boulevard and Pajaro Lane to highlight the expansion of the Community Action Board’s Watsonville Works program. Volunteers helped...

Fifth-grade students gathered at tables in Starlight Elementary’s multipurpose room one day in November, laughing with excitement and expectation, as they experienced new foods and recipes.  More importantly, they were discovering new flavors and textures and alternatives to their traditional diet through the “Cooking Club,”...

UPDATE (6:15pm, 12/19) The girl has been found safe, Watsonville police say. WATSONVILLE—Watsonville police officers are searching for a missing 7-year-old girl visiting from out of state.  Sophia Serrato was last seen this afternoon inside a Watsonville apartment on the 400 block of Rogge Street. Police...

Emergency workers team up to extricate a female passenger from a caved-in pickup on the 2900 block of Freedom Boulevard Friday. California Highway Patrol officer Michael Matildi said the male driver of a white GMC  Sierra Denali pickup was traveling north on Freedom Boulevard at...