Meeting to discuss groundwater basin
The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Board of Directors will be holding a meeting on July 10 at 7 p.m. at the Watsonville Civic Plaza Community Room, 275 Main St., fourth floor.
South County sewer line replacement planned
The Santa Cruz County Public Works is hoping to replace a little more than five miles of sewer line in the unincorporated part of South County, a massive project that includes five areas in Watsonville.
Trash talkers: keeping the County Clean
A group of city workers and volunteers spent the afternoon cleaning massive amounts of trash from a wooded hillside in Watsonville one sunny day in early December, hauling away several full dumpsters.
“It’s a hot mess,” said Sally-Christine Rodgers, who founded the Pitch-In Initiative about...
Twin Lakes Church project raises 1M pounds for food bank, $100K for fire relief
Twin Lakes Church’s “Kindness Projects” raised more than one million pounds of food for Second Harvest Food Bank, $104,000 for Northern California fire relief and more, the church announced recently.
Former Watsonville High principal pens book on school leadership
Murry Schekman recently retired from a career in education that spanned nearly a half-century.
The former Watsonville High School principal has now penned a book on school leadership, using the experience gleaned from his decades of experience.
“It’s a new chapter for me,” he said.
Schekman’s educational...
Colleges, careers the focus of annual event
Cabrillo College’s Annual College and Career Night will be held Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the Cabrillo College Aptos campus, 6500 Soquel Drive.
Community briefs, May 25: Memorial Day ceremony honors fallen soldiers
Community briefs, May 25, 2017
City seeking input on City Plaza art project
The City of Watsonville and Community Arts and Empowerment are seeking community input on the art that will soon decorate the new stage skirt at the City Plaza.
Two artists—and one team of artists—have been selected as semifinalists to design an image.
The art will be...
Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally
Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying people felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia Saturday.
ICE agents detain man in Watsonville
At least one person was detained in Watsonville on Sunday morning by armed men who appeared to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents,...
















