Briefs: Pesticide meeting set for Monday; Halloween events on tap
Pesticide meeting set for Monday
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will hold a meeting Monday from 4-6:30pm at the Family Center in Ramsay Park regarding pesticide use and regenerative farming.
“It is a rare in-person opportunity for the public to demand pesticide reduction and elimination...
Supervisors clear way for marijuana sales
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana starting on Jan. 1.
World Toilet Day brings attention to local sewer system
To commemorate World Toilet Day this Sunday, Watsonville residents are invited to prevent backups by flushing only toilet paper and nothing else.
Airport Boulevard work begins
A work crew from Graniterock takes measurement on Airport Boulevard between Freedom Boulevard and Pajaro Lane Monday at the start of major improvement project.
County supervisors hear flood risk report
Since a series of storms ravaged Santa Cruz County earlier this year, county officials have been preparing for another potential winter of heavy rains.
This includes clearing debris from creeks and rivers and repairing three damaged portions of the Pajaro River Levee system.
All of this...
Community briefs, Dec. 31: Sons and Daughters of Italy hosting mixer
Community briefs, Dec. 31, 2017
Community briefs, Sept. 14: Residents invited to help clean up sloughs, streets
Community briefs, Sept. 14, 2017
School district’s leaders to be evaluated
One year after Pajaro Valley Unified School District Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez started her position, the district’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday will give her a performance evaluation.
New shipping racks ease local rail
On Tuesday, a small group of railroad and warehouse officials from Chicago—and one from Felton—gathered in the S. Martinelli & Co. warehouse in Watsonville...