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CHP celebrates 90 years

A celebration 90 years in the making is underway at the California Highway Patrol.

Northern Monterey County Foundation awards $34,000 in grants

The Northern Monterey County Foundation (NMCF) for the third year awarded $34,000 over a dozen grants to nonprofits serving North Monterey County residents.

Family, including infant, injured in Hwy. 152 crash

Three people – one of them an infant – suffered serious injuries Friday night in a head-on collision near Hecker Pass.

About Town, Week of Aug. 19

Observations from the Pajaro Valley and beyond.

Fourth annual Pajaro Valley Pride held at YWCA

Pajaro Valley Pride’s annual celebration returned in a different capacity this year—with a brand new location and more activities. The Watsonville YWCA invited the non-profit to use its facility on East Beach Street, prompting the organization to move the event from downtown.

Arbor and patio enhances casa

Workers from Prime Landscaping of Santa Cruz install flagstones for a new patio at the front of the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) facility on Freedom Boulevard Thursday.

Annual apple pie contest announced; deadline Sept. 3

The Santa Cruz County Fair is fast-approaching, and with it comes the 43rd annual Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Apple Pie Baking Contest.

Popular local band to perform at 11th annual Testicle Festival

The Testicle Festival, put on every year by the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, will be held on Aug. 24, 3-7 p.m., at Estrada Deer Camp in Watsonville.

Community briefs, Aug. 16, 2019

Community Briefs for Aug. 16, 2019.

Pajaro Valley Pride returns Sunday

For the past four years, local non-profit organization Pajaro Valley Pride has held its very own celebration and march in downtown Watsonville, aiming to bring awareness to and support the LGBT+ community of South County.
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Queer Youth Leadership Awards set for Saturday

It has been almost three decades since local organizers launched the Queer Youth Leadership Awards, an event created to highlight young people whose work...