Watsonville Film Festival invests in local talent
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Film Festival announced the launch of its 2023 Cine Se Puede Fellowship, a program designed to support emerging Latine filmmakers in the region.
The fellowship is a year-long program that provides funding, mentorship, industry connections, workshops and master classes, as well as peer...
Juvenile Hall remodel to include gym, garden, greenhouse
A long-unused, aging outdoor courtyard makes up the eastern portion of Santa Cruz County’s Juvenile Hall, showing its age with a weedy yard and cracked blacktop.
But a group of probation officials and youth advocates who gathered there Wednesday have big plans for the space.
These...
Neighbors show solidarity | About Town
Some people are placing teddy bears in their homes' windows facing the street as a kind gesture to passersby, especially children who are out of school. The bear "scavenger hunt" is taking place all over the country.
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The first full moon of the spring will...
City reopens rebuilt Muzzio playground, all parks citywide
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville celebrated two reopenings Friday, hosting a socially-distanced ribbon-cutting ceremony for the rebuilt Muzzio Park playground and removing some Covid-19 restrictions from its 26 parks.
A handful of community members joined City staff and Watsonville City Councilman Felipe Hernandez at Muzzio Park...
Interim trail will cover rails, for now
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) on Thursday approved a plan to develop an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail on segments 9–11 of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line from San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz to State Park Drive in Aptos.
Thursday’s...
Tequila, taco festival returns for fifth year
The fifth annual Tequila & Taco Music Festival, a two-day celebration of tequilas, tacos, margaritas and music, returns to San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St. in Santa Cruz, Aug. 25-26.
A parade of dancers in Zacatecas
As our one-week August vacation was nearing an end in Zacatecas, Mexico, my wife Sarah and I had been to around 20 dance performances...
