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Community briefs, April 3: Restaurants support robotics program

Community briefs, April 3, 2018

PHOTO: Bomb Squad responds to suspicious device

Watsonville police and Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies team up with the county Bomb Team Thursday morning after a suspicious device was found at the door of the County Courthouse in downtown Watsonville before 8am, said WPD spokeswomen Michelle Pulido. s were evacuated, dozens...

Decision on Watsonville’s Measure U renewal upcoming

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WATSONVILLE—An effort to extend a landmark Watsonville ballot measure that placed restrictions on the expansion of the city took a big step forward Tuesday. The Watsonville City Council accepted the city clerk’s certification of a petition filed by the Committee for Planned Growth and Farmland...

Community briefs, June 15

Community briefs, June 15, 2018

Artwork slated for Clifford Avenue traffic circle

Three artworks have been chosen to be installed in the traffic circle at the intersection of Clifford Avenue and Pennsylvania Drive.  City staff received an application and proposal for a new public art spearheaded by an anonymous donor. The donor, a Watsonville resident, has commissioned...

A story of immigration

In his first book, Joaquin Barreto is taking readers on a personal journey of immigration and overcoming cultural shock in a new country.

Street racing: an enthusiast’s perspective

A look at street racing in Watsonville.

Watsonville man killed in crash

A Watsonville man was killed Sunday after a head-on collision on Highway 9, California Highway Patrol officer Julietta Trenado said.

New book chronicles history of the local lumber industry

It was a moment of sheer luck that historian and author Derek R. Whaley, while doing research for his own book, discovered the work of the late Ronald G. Powell.  Whaley owns local publishing company Zayante Publishing and is the author of the Santa Cruz...

Man shot near Callaghan Park

WATSONVILLE—A man was shot as he sat in his parked car with his 4-year-old daughter Tuesday evening in Watsonville. Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said a man walked up to the victim's car on the 200 block of Sudden Street shortly before 6pm and...
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Aptos steamrolls in lopsided win over Alvarez | High school football...

The Aptos High football team saw nine different players record one touchdown en route to a 60-7 crushing victory over Alvarez High in nonleague...