Faced with another bicycle crash, city moves forward on safety plan
The Watsonville City Council moved forward with a plan Tuesday to improve pedestrian and traffic safety, and the decision could not have been more timely.
County picks Aranda as Artist of the Year
The County of Santa Cruz has named multi-media artist Guillermo “Yermo” Aranda as the 2021 Artist of the Year.
Every year the Arts Commission presents the award to a local artist for their achievements in performing, visual or literary arts, as well as their contributions...
Save Our Shores urges Memorial Day visitors to keep beaches clean
The Save Our Shores (SOS) organization is encouraging everyone who visits local beaches this Memorial Day Weekend to be an “Ocean Hero.”
The environmental nonprofit asks visitors to leave beaches with all the items they brought with them, including trash.
SOS recommends to:
1) Bring...
A call to end homelessness
Nearly 300 people marched the streets of downtown Santa Cruz May 18 to help end homelessness.
The second-annual gathering, organized by Housing Matters, reigned in a coalition of local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public supporters in the March to End Homelessness.
The event began outside Santa...
Hunger strike aims to stop toxic pesticides
Watsonville activist Omar Dieguez and a group of community leaders announced a hunger strike and started the movement with a protest outside of Driscoll’s headquarters Tuesday in Watsonville.
About 50 people were protesting the use of toxic pesticides near homes and schools in Watsonville and...
Star students prepare for Ivy League trip
WATSONVILLE—Every year, the Watsonville Ivy League Project selects a handful of academically successful students for a weeklong trip to some of the nation’s top universities.
The trip is for some participants a first step away from their hometowns, but for all of them, it is...
PVUSD’s Measure M ahead by small margin
Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s Measure M, a $350 million bond that would fund much-needed renovation and construction projects at every school in the district, is so far passing by a narrow margin.
Measure M would raise $18.3 million annually by placing $60 per $100,000...
Changes proposed to Women, Infants and Children program
WATSONVILLE—The United States Department of Agriculture is asking for community input as it updates its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program for the first time since 2014.
The shift includes offering more nutritious food geared to meet a larger variety of cultures.
Anyone can make suggestions...
PVUSD teachers get raises
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved an agreement that increases every teacher’s yearly salary by $4,000, retroactive to July 1, 2021.
Teachers were not the only ones that benefited from the agreement, which was passed tentatively on Feb. 16.
Nurses,...
Photo story: La Rama celebration set for today
Musicians, dancers and the public take part in a Mexican holiday tradition called La Rama in 2023 in Watsonville Plaza. The first-ever such event...
