Distance learning for all Santa Cruz County students in fall
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Every school district in Santa Cruz County will be required to begin the 2020-21 school year with distance learning, Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah announced Monday.
The announcement came after the county on Monday met California Department of Public Health’s...
Watsonville police looking for help finding 1-year-old
UPDATE: The 1-year-old has been returned to her mother.
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 1-year-old child who was abruptly taken by her father after an argument with the child’s mother in Watsonville Sunday night.
WPD spokeswoman Michelle Pulido...
Firefighters battling blaze at Monterey Bay Academy near Watsonville
LA SELVA BEACH—Firefighters on Saturday night were battling a blaze at the Monterey Bay Academy campus on the outskirts of Watsonville.
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The fire started around 10:30pm, according to Cal Fire, and was confined to an old movie theater on the private school's campus on 700...
Man arrested for large cache of drugs, guns
SANTA CRUZ—Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday arrested a man after finding more than three pounds of heroin and several illegal firearms in his possession.
Joseph Watts, 65, was charged with drug possession, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He...
Parking enforcement resumes in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville has resumed parking enforcement on its city streets and private parking lots, after temporarily suspending those efforts during the early stages of the stay-at-home order.Â
Anyone who parks in city-owned lots will need to purchase a permit by Aug. 17, which...
PVUSD comenzará el año escolar 2020/21 en lÃnea
WATSONVILLE—El Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Pájaro (PVUSD, por sus siglas en inglés) comenzará el año con aprendizaje a distancia para todos los estudiantes cuando las clases comienzan el 17 de Agosto, una medida destinada a mantener a los estudiantes y al personal...
Photos: Lee Road Hampton hotel project shaping up
Work is moving ahead on a new Arco AM/PM business on Lee Road beside the massive Hampton Inn & Suites project. In its framing and siding stage, beside the behemoth 112-room, four-story Hampton Inn & Suites, the business will feature a drive-thru car wash...
The Hideout on the rebound
APTOS—Siding construction is underway on The Hideout restaurant that was largely destroyed by fire in May 2019.
Workers from Costa Bella Builders are behind the rebuild of the popular eatery nestled beneath a canopy of redwoods at 9051 Soquel Drive between Rio del Mar and...
New eateries settle into Aptos Village
APTOS—A group of business owners from the new Aptos Village complex gathered for a meeting in early March to discuss possible events and projects they wanted to do together. Their aim was to bring the community into the blooming hub.
But days later those plans...
Wetlands Watch marches forward through Covid-19 restrictions
WATSONVILLE—Like other nonprofits in Santa Cruz County, Watsonville Wetlands Watch has had to adapt to a new normal amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
When shelter-in-place restrictions went into effect in mid-March, the organization immediately started working on putting all of its programs and field trips...
Santa Cruz County celebrates with parades
Thousands of people attended Fourth of July parades in Watsonville and Aptos Friday, lining sidewalks aliog main streets to see hundreds of participants. Below...
