Commission denies alcohol license, urges council to reject propane facility
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Planning Commission at its Tuesday meeting rejected a gas station’s application for a beer and wine alcohol license and also recommended the City Council deny a permit for a proposed large propane storage facility.
An Arco AM/PM convenience store currently being constructed adjacent...
About Town, week of Nov. 18
Nov. 20, 2019
Tarmo Hannula: Someone called 9-1-1 Wednesday morning after they spotted a man prowling around their carport on Harper Street in Live Oak. An SC Sheriff deputy arrived within minutes and located a suspect at 3:40 a.m. When the deputy confronted the man...
Two arrested for guns, two pounds of meth
Two Watsonville men were arrested during a traffic stop Thursday after police found a “substantial” amount of methamphetamine and guns in their vehicle, Watsonville Police Cpl. Rudy Lopez said Friday.
Poki Bowl now open in Aptos
Franchise specializes in Asian rice and salad bowls
Rancho Del Mar shopping center in Aptos is celebrating the opening of a new restaurant.
Poki Bowl, which originated in San Jose, offers an extensive menu of Asian rice and salad bowls, with a plethora of raw fish...
The brains behind traffic signals
WATSONVILLE—Do you ever wonder who or what is controlling the traffic signals when you’re languishing at a seemingly endless red arrow, or the green light that suddenly switches in your favor without having to get near your brake pedal?
It’s all run by those metal...
Biden’s election brings DACA recipients new ‘hope’
WATSONVILLE—Yoni Espinoza says he was just 6 years old when his mother told him that they were going to go on a “long, long walk.”
He says he had no idea the trek would be a three-day journey through excruciatingly hot days and numbingly cold...
Alleged church vandal nabbed
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of twice vandalizing St. Patrick’s Church.
Arturo Padilla, 38, is suspected of writing graffiti on a door of the cathedral on Oct. 22, and throwing a rock at one of the windows a few weeks earlier.
He was...
Kids who were forced into therapy program return home
In October, a Santa Cruz teen and her younger brother were violently taken from a relative’s house, driven to Los Angeles and forced into a family therapy program with their mother. They were then taken to Washington to live with her. Seven months later,...
‘It’s emotional’: Youth N.O.W. closing on Aug. 31
WATSONVILLE—A line of students from a variety of Watsonville schools on Wednesday filed through the Youth N.O.W. facility loading their backpacks with school supplies—from paper, tape and paints, to notebooks, pens and glue.
“It’s emotional. It’s emotional for my staff, it’s emotional for me …...
Powerful storms clobber Central Coast
A string of strong winter storms slammed the Central Coast over the past several days, toppling power and communication lines, knocking down scores of...
