Fairgrounds taps Dori Rose Inda as new CEO
A woman with more than two decades of experience leading nonprofit and community-based organizations has been selected to lead the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
Dori Rose Inda, who formerly served as CEO of Salud Para La Gents, will take the reins at the fairgrounds, seven...
Santa Cruz sees crowds on Halloween | About Town
No one came to our door Saturday night for Halloween. Typically we get dozens of kids in costumes, families roaming the streets, strangers greeting strangers at the doorstep. Not this year. Downtown Santa Cruz, however, came out in force with, what police said was...
‘Steady’ coach Gene Johnson dies
WATSONVILLE–Gene Johnson, who coached nearly six decades in Santa Cruz County, died Jan. 14, two days shy of his 95th birthday.
He spent the last year and a half at Valley Convalescent Hospital in Watsonville with his wife, Doris, where they celebrated their 73rd anniversary...
Lake Tahoe Suffocates With Smoke
TAHOE CITY, Calif.—When the pandemic swept through California last year, Lake Tahoe, the azure gem of the Sierra Nevada, swarmed with city dwellers fleeing to the purity of its alpine air.
Now the stampede has reversed. With a fast-expanding wildfire roaring just one ridge away...
Watsonville fire adds to fleet
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Fire Department got its newest addition Monday, a 60-foot ladder truck that will replace an older model, and serve as the department’s “first-out” truck.
The $1.3 million purchase came thanks to Measure G, the half-cent sales tax measure approved by voters in 2014 to...
Two boys struck in crosswalk suffer major injuries
WATSONVILLE—Two boys were seriously injured early Tuesday morning when a car struck them as they crossed Walker Street.
Watsonville Police Sgt. Donny Thul said the boys, ages 11 and 12, were using a crosswalk to cross Walker Street from east to west at West Lake...
New mural adorns County’s new Behavioral Health facility
WATSONVILLE—A new mural against an exterior wall of the new Adult and Children’s Behavioral Health facility in the County complex on Freedom Boulevard is nearing completion.
Watsonville artist Bruce Harman said he started the massive work at the end of August and has squeezed in...
WPD gains four new officers
WATSONVILLE—Four new officers, including two that grew up in Watsonville and graduated from Pajaro Valley High School, have recently joined the Watsonville Police Department and are in uniform and on the streets.
Edgar Rivera-Aguilar, Nico DeVillires, Nancy Villicana and Mathew Morales are now in the...
Photo: Utility lines entangle school bus
Watsonville firefighters and police secure a school bus that tore our utility lines in front of MacQuiddy Elementary School in Watsonville Thursday. About eight young students were aboard the bus when the incident occurred around 2:30pm. Police shut down surrounding streets while firefighters freed...
Celebrate the big game with big specials from Straw Hat Pizza
For this special one day event enjoy HALF OFF on all LARGE PIZZAS during the game (dine in only). Wash down all the delicious game day munchies with a BUDWEISER SPECIAL for only $4. Half time festivities will include a special RAFFLE for our football enthusiasts. Don't miss out on the fun!
If you are watching the big game from home or host your own party Straw Hat Pizza has you covered with a one day only delivery special!
2 Large Pizzas
12 Mojave Hot Wings
6 Groovy Twists
& We'll throw in 2 FREE 2 liter sodas to wash it down
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A “place of healing”—Tiny home village unveiled
With a small handful of finishing touches still left to complete on a tiny home village in Westview Presbyterian Church’s parking lot in Watsonville,...
