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July 10, 2025

Two injured in early-morning crash

Flipped car, wheels up in the air, with a transportation worker on the scene
Two women were hurt early Thursday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 129 (Riverside Road) east of Watsonville.

Thousands amass in Watsonville, Santa Cruz for No Kings Day

This story has been updated with more photos from the Watsonville event. Thousands of people gathered at the Governmental Center in Santa Cruz and in City Plaza in Watsonville Saturday for No Kings Day. The first-of-its-kind event was held in 2,000 cities nationwide to protest President...

Wharf debris, equipment recovery at Santa Cruz Wharf

The City of Santa Cruz joined forces with the U.S. Coast Guard and Power Engineering Construction Company to remove heavy equipment and wood debris from the seafloor at the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf Friday through Sunday. The material was torn loose from...

Supervisors to consider fate to Redman-Hirahara House in August

Few would question the assertion that the 128-year-old Redman-Hirahara House is showing its age. Languishing in a parcel on the outskirts of Watsonville and visible from Highway 1, it has withstood wet winters, driving rain, scorching summers and, no doubt, inhabitation by multiple species of...

County leaders denounce use of force in L.A.

The Watsonville City Council and the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously denounced the use of military force against protestors and immigrant communities. Both boards adopted their own resolutions, which were added late to the agendas. The resolutions came as President Donald Trump...

Sen. Padilla handcuffed at DHS press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles Thursday. Padilla, a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, released the following statement after he was taken out of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press...

Photo story: Japanese cultural fair

JAPANESE CULTURE A group performs a traditional dance from Okinawa Saturday at the annual Japanese Cultural Fair at Mission Plaza Park in Santa Cruz Saturday.  Since its founding in 1986, the fair has opened a window for the community to deepen their awareness and understanding...

Pajaro Valley Collaborative’s ‘call to action’

If cuts to food assistance programs proposed under President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” are approved by the U.S. Senate, it would cripple the food distribution system that local organizations have spent decades building, and upon which thousands Santa Cruz County residents rely. That was...

Watsonville High sends 522 into the world

Five hundred and twenty-two graduates of Watsonville High School filed across the stage at Geiser Field on the afternoon of June 6, putting to end the school year of 2024-25. Prior to the ceremony — his second such year as principal — Joe Gergorio said,...

Community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural

More than 40 volunteers spent hours Saturday refreshing the massive Black Lives Matter street mural that is sprawled along Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall. Traffic, weather, vandalism and wear-and-tear has left the five-year-old bright yellow mural faded and chipped. Painting the mural...
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Students visit from Croatia

Four high school students from Croatia arrived July 2 in Watsonville from the Student Ambassador Exchange Program of the Slavic American Cultural Organization (SACO).  They...