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For years, the Salvation Army in Watsonville has provided temporary shelter for homeless people, in addition to services such as showers, clothing, mail, lockers and laundry at the organization’s Navigation Center. This includes roughly 120 dinners per day, as well as a light breakfast.  “Sometimes...

For performer Joe Ferrara, being a member of the Santa Cruz Follies is like being part of a large, extended family.

WATSONVILLE—Richard Del Piero was a Watsonville High School graduate, a U.S. Air Force Veteran and a local farmer who as a school board member in the 1960s helped reign in several local education agencies to create the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.  Del Piero died...

News from About Town for the week of Aug. 12.

WATSONVILLE—The addition of a third fire station would not significantly improve Watsonville Fire Department’s response time to most neighborhoods, according to a 142-page report presented to the Watsonville City Council at its Tuesday meeting. Fitch & Associates found that while a third station on the...

CENTRAL COAST—A man and a woman were arrested Saturday night following a brazen string of robberies of several CVS stores in multiple counties. Lt. Patrick Dimick of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said Coryeon Wyatt, 18, and Keoinjhanie Russell, 21—both of San Jose—were caught...

The Watsonville Police Department has released the video of the officer-involved shooting that occurred Aug. 3 When Joshua Gonzalez drove to the Police Department at 215 Union Street. There, Gonzalez reportedly claimed he was going to kill his 3-year-old step-daughter. Gonzalez allegedly charged at the...

An assistant soccer coach was arrested Friday after allegedly soliciting sexual acts from underage players.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County officials this week announced that they have found in Watsonville a species of mosquito known to carry the diseases dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. Those diseases are not currently found in California, and none of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes—found...