Birding festival expands
The 14th annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival took place last week in Watsonville, opening a window to the plethora of waterways, sloughs and riparian channels around the Central Coast for locals and visitors to get a taste of the wealth of bird life and the habitat that supports them.
Library launches reading program
The six-week Deanne Pernell Reading Mentors Program — also known as Reading Buddies — pairs small groups with a mentor, whose task will be to read to their young charges and encourage them to read out loud. The program kicks off on Oct. 12.
Food, What?! holds annual benefit dinner
Event is the nonprofit organization's biggest fundraiser of the year.
Summit to be held for foster families
On Friday, the nonprofit group California Alliance of Caregivers is hosting a forum for those parents, where organizers will gather input and create a policy agenda to be shared with local and state lawmakers.
PHOTO: Gas pipeline project on Walker Street wraps up
The bridge that goes over Watsonville Slough, a connector between Harkins Slough Road and Walker Street, has now been cleared of the slalom of road cones that steered traffic around a natural gas pipeline upgrade project by a crew from Pacific Gas and Electric.
Carlton Road closure set for Thursday
On Thursday, Carlton Road at Highway 129 will fully close through December.
PHOTO: Burrito Bash returns to Fairgrounds
This year's event was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Watsonville.
Motorcyclist dies in Highway 129 crash
A Hollister man died Sunday evening in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 129.
California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said emergency crews were dispatched to...
