Local seniors create exhibit for art & history museum
Opening April 5 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), “We’re Still Here: Stories of Seniors and Social Isolation” aims to shed light on a local crisis, as well as give visitors the tools to help.
Volunteers fill backpacks for needy students
Stuff the Bus is geared to help in-need families to give their kids a boost in starting the school year.
Lawsuit targets Vistra facility
Close to 100 people gathered Saturday in Moss Landing to voice their concern and demand better information about the fire that tore through a battery storage facility at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Jan. 16
Brian Roeder, a spokesman for the group Never Again...
Locals rally against President Trump
More than 100 people lined up along Main Street in downtown Watsonville Saturday as part of a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump.
Waving signs such as "Hands Off,” “Question Authority,” and “Only You Can Prevent Fascism” the crowd drew hoots,hollers and blaring horns...
Annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive makes a run
The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) held its annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive in partnership with Woodstock’s Pizza, Second Harvest Food Bank and Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday in downtown Santa Cruz.
To help local families facing food insecurity during the...
Guitarist returns to Watsonville
Guitarist Chris Cain will be bringing his style of jazz-tinged, blues-soaked guitar and vocals to the ballroom of the Appleton Grill, 410 Rodriguez St. in Watsonville, on Friday.
Photo: PV Chamber Business Expo returns
Visitors file past various tables Thursday at the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s Spring Fling Business Expo and Job Fair.
Held at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, 82 businesses, organizations and agencies set up information tables to meet and greet the public,...
Feds: Man advertised drug sale app on campus-wide posters
Federal and local investigators say they thwarted a plan by a UC Santa Cruz student to sell illegal drugs with a smartphone app after he reportedly advertised the services on posters around campus.
Watsonville nurses rally against ICU closure
Several dozen Watsonville Community Hospital nurses and staff warned Wednesday that closing the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit—an idea they said officials have floated amid...




















