PHOTO: Fire breaks out at former rail station
Particle board now covers a burned out section of a wall at the former Watsonville Station on Walker Street at West Lake Avenue where a fire broke out late Tuesday.
City exceeds climate goals
Only two months into 2019, Watsonville has exceeded its carbon emission reduction goal, Assistant Public Works Director Michelle Templeton told the council Tuesday.
County arts and culture institutions welcome back visitors
After more than a year of closures due to Covid-19, museums, galleries and other cultural institutions across Santa Cruz County are once again opening their doors to visitors. To further encourage people to return, they have come together to create Santa Cruz Museum Month.
Throughout...
Rose garden volunteers prepare as county fair approaches
Tucked away toward the back of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, between the horse arenas and livestock barns, is a small rose garden that often goes unnoticed by many attending the annual fair.
Run by the Monterey Bay Rose Society (MBRS) since 2009, the garden...
Watsonville Hospital promotes World Breastfeeding Week
WATSONVILLE—Hundreds of cars passed through Watsonville Community Hospital’s (WCH) parking lot Thursday for an annual event aiming to promote breastfeeding.
World Breastfeeding Week, held this year Aug. 1-7, was started in 1992 to generate public awareness and support for breastfeeding. WCH has for years observed...
Mormon Church makes large donation to Second Harvest Food Bank
WATSONVILLE—After a series of atmospheric river storms caused flooding that displaced hundreds from their homes, Second Harvest Food Bank saw an increased need, and put out a call for assistance.
And the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints answered that call, bringing two large...
Briefs: Young Supervisors Academy; Knights of Columbus breakfast
Students invited to apply to Young Supervisors Academy
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez announced his Young Supervisors Academy for local high school and first-year college students.
The four-week program will be held at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Government Building. This program focuses...
PHOTO: Watsonville Community Band celebrates 72 years
The Watsonville Community Band celebrated its 72nd anniversary recently with a birthday cake.
WATCH: Memorial service for Sheriff’s deputy Damon Gutzwiller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If1_8sX1Enk
Man arrested in Capitola assault
A Capitola man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted two people with a metal pipe on Sept. 18.
Antwain Tiliman, 55, was charged with attempted...
