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Community briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Community briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Art, stitch by stitch: PV Quilt Show returns to fairgrounds

The annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Show returns to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Feb. 23 and 24, showcasing more than 300 quilts as well as clothing, purses, dolls, pincushions and more.

Next class for Focus Agriculture selected

Twenty community leaders have been selected for Class 30 of the Focus Agriculture program.

County launches intervention team

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a report on a new program created to help some of the county’s most recalcitrant criminals.

Bolstering safety: With sales tax nearing its end, city officials eye renewal

With Watsonville's Measure G ending in 2021, so could the roughly $4 million that comes with it annually.

Man killed by falling tree on Hwy. 17, 10 vehicles involved

One man was killed on Highway 17 Thursday when a falling tree struck his vehicle, California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney said.

Feds raid Santa Cruz residence

Agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a raid on a Santa Cruz residence early Friday morning as part of an “ongoing criminal investigation,” DHS spokesman Richard Rocha said.

Report of possible gun puts school on lockdown

Watsonville Police shut down Blackburn Street Friday after they got a call about a man with a gun.

Rain hammers Central Coast

Pounding rain, mixed with lightning and a few blasts of thunder, drifted over the Central Coast Thursday.

PHOTO: Flooding occurs across Santa Cruz County

Big rains batter region
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Valle del Pájaro park opens in South County

Santa Cruz County officials on Friday cut the ribbon on the first new park to open in South County’s unincorporated region in decades. The 38.5-acre...