Photos: Watsonville pump track opens
The Ramsay Park Pumptrack, the only asphalt-covered pump track in Santa Cruz County, officially opened on Tuesday in Watsonville. On April 11 from 1:30-4:30pm Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz, who built the track, will hold a special all-girls pump track event. The event is...
Cabrillo president rejects ‘Eurocentric’ description of school’s namesake
APTOS—As Santa Cruz County’s community college begins efforts to possibly rebrand itself with a new name—and reject the name of Spanish Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo—two drastically different pictures of the man at the center of the debate have emerged.
Cabrillo College began to explore a...
PV High football team wins in stadium debut
WATSONVILLE—The stage was set for Pajaro Valley High senior Martin Gonzalez and the Grizzlies’ football team as they finally got a chance to play a home game on their own campus for the first time in the program’s history.
The Grizzlies left their fans more...
Dozens show support locally for Asian Americans after recent attacks
WATSONVILLE—Joining forces with others around the nation, a protest against anti-Asian violence unfolded at the City Plaza Friday.
About 40 people waved homemade signs reading “#Stop Asian Hate,” among other things, at passing motorists and pedestrians in downtown Watsonville.
“Today we came to show our solidarity...
Covid-19 variant found in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Public Health Division is monitoring confirmed reports of Covid-19 cases involving variants found in Santa Cruz County, spokesman Jason Hoppin said in a press release Monday.
Two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, known generally as the U.K. variant, have been identified...
Construction of new Watsonville dialysis clinic sells for $6.7M
WATSONVILLE—Meridian, a Walnut Creek-based real estate developer, operator, and owner of medical properties, announced Monday that it has closed escrow on the sale of its new construction, a 11,424-square-foot outpatient dialysis clinic in Watsonville.
The purchase price for the project was $6.7 million.
The outpatient clinic...
PVUSD trustees to vote on censuring Acosta
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will discuss whether to censure trustee Georgia Acosta for several instances of misconduct during her time on the board.
A censure does not remove an elected official, but instead, serves as a powerful condemnation...
Senator Laird helps bolster Second Harvest food distribution
WATSONVILLE—California State Senator John Laird joined forces with the California National Guard and the Second Harvest Food Bank Friday during a food distribution at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
“This is an unprecedented private and public partnership with a huge helping hand from the State...
Restoration of iconic Watsonville High mural begins
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High School community last year was shaken when a beloved three-decades old mural on the wall of the school’s cafeteria was painted over during a construction project.
The move, directed by site administration and the district facilities department, outraged the artists involved in...
METRO soon rolling out electric buses
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Four new battery-electric buses will be ready to roll through the county by fall 2021 as part of METRO’s public transportation fleet.
The first two electric buses of the quartet will be used for the Zero-Emission Watsonville Circulator Operating Project. Through the project,...
What Makes Watsonville Community Hospital—and America—Great
Thirty-three years ago, while my family was preparing for a birthday party, I decided to arrive early. My mother was shopping for a cake...
