Organic farming in focus
Local organic farming and the healthy foods that come from them took center stage June 16 at the first ever Día de Esperanza Community Festival.
The event, put on by 40 volunteers and drew around 300 people, was staged across the rolling slopes of Esperanza...
Into the woods: Watsonville to plant thousands of new trees
Over the next two decades, the city of Watsonville plans to add thousands of trees to its landscape, create a plan to take care of them and train crews of young people to aid in that effort.
This comes thanks to the city’s Urban Forest...
Photo story: blown tire causes rollover crash
A California Highway Patrol Officer confers with a tow operator at the scene of a solo-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Watsonville Wednesday.
The CHP said a male driver was traveling south on Highway 1 around noon in a Rialto recreational vehicle. As he approached...
Briefs: East Beach Street work; handball tournament
Handball Tournament is this weekend
The Watsonville Handball Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at Emmett Court, 37 Sudden St., behind the PV Arts gallery.
Singles take place on Saturday, with doubles on Sunday. Matches start at 10am.
The grand prize is $900.
The player entry fee...
Watsonville teen is County Board of Education’s first student trustee
After decades of making decisions that affect the lives of students throughout Santa Cruz County, the County Board of Education on Thursday inaugurated its first student trustee.
Oscar Alvarez-Delgado, a 17-year-old senior from Pajaro Valley High School, was chosen from five applicants.
Santa Cruz County Office...
Arrest made in Capitola woman’s homicide
A man was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann of Capitola.
Theobald "Theo" Lengyel, 54, was found near Davenport in the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's jurisdiction after an arrest warrant was issued. He was taken into custody by...
Moving upward with Adult school
Editor’s note: this story is a preview for the graduation section that will come out on Friday. We will do our best to highlight all the schools that held ceremonies.
Over 90 students crossed the stage in front of a full house at the Henry...
Mariners girls tennis on cusp of repeating as SCCAL champion
Aptos completed the regular season series sweep against Scotts Valley following a 5-2 victory in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Oct. 15.
In singles...
