Flag-signing project honors Japanese Americans imprisoned during WWII
WATSONVILLE—Twenty-five Japanese Americans who were imprisoned in World War II incarceration camps signed a United States flag Sunday at the Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL Kizuka Hall to make their mark on history.
Part of the Japanese American Incarceration Memorial Legacy Project, the event drew people who...
Gas line ruptured on Freedom Boulevard
WATSONVILLE—A construction crew replacing a sewer line ruptured a natural gas line Wednesday morning on the 1400 block of Freedom Boulevard, according to Watsonville Fire Division Chief Corey Schaefer.
The 10am incident prompted Watsonville firefighters and police to shut down a section of Freedom Boulevard...
Japanese culture on stage
Hundreds of people attended the 31st annual Japanese Cultural Fair at Mission Plaza in Santa Cruz Saturday.
Teen arrested in Capitola stabbing attack
CAPITOLA—Capitola Police on Tuesday arrested a Soquel High School student suspected of an off-campus stabbing attack that took place one day earlier on Wharf Road.
According to Det. Sgt. Leo Moreno, police responded to the 1800 block of Wharf Road at about 4:40pm for a...
PHOTO: Science and engineering up close
People check out the various exhibits at the 30th annual Santa Cruz County Science and Engineering Fair at the fairgrounds Saturday.
Potentially disease-carrying mosquitoes found near Watsonville
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...
PVUSD trustees approve SRO program
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved contracts with Watsonville Police Department and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office to place uniformed law enforcement officials at the district’s three comprehensive high schools as school resource officers (SROs).
These SROs will...
County taps Nicole Coburn as new CEO
The County of Santa Cruz on Wednesday named Nicole Coburn as its new Chief Executive Officer, just over three-months after Carlos Palacios announced his retirement from the position.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously chose Coburn after a nationwide search during which 139 candidates from across...
Watsonville not included in state’s vaccine equity plan
WATSONVILLE—No communities in Santa Cruz County qualify for the California Department of Public Health’s vaccine equity plan, which Gov. Gavin Newsom last week pitched as a way for the state to prioritize disadvantaged and Latinx communities that have seen a disproportionate impact from the...
Parents of 14-year-old arrested in Baby Angelita investigation
The parents of a 14-year-old girl at the center of the Baby Angelita investigation have both been arrested, days after the girl was found...
