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The Tiny Village project in the parking lot of the Westview Presbyterian Church is set to break ground at the end of May or in early June, and is expected to provide shelter for 34 homeless people. Community Action Board (CAB), which will manage the...

"October Surprise" concert to be held at the UCSC Music Recital Hall Oct. 13.

PVUSD students to screen original films Students in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District will showcase their own film creations Tuesday at the Henry J. Mello Center during the district’s fourth annual Oscars Night. Put on by the Watsonville Film Festival and the Latino Film Institute’s...

​​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...

About seven years ago, Marie Riggs was living in a homeless shelter and addicted to alcohol, wondering how she would survive this low point in her life. “I was a hopeless mess,” she said. “I had no idea how to live, I didn’t know how...

Organizers at the Santa Cruz County Fair are asking the public for ideas for a theme for the 2026 County Fair. Anyone who has a “phrase that pops” or a “rhyme that shines” is invited to submit it. “Imagine your words splashed across every poster and...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Nature Center is opening for visitors this weekend for the first time since the pandemic. A bilingual open house will be held Saturday from 3-5pm, with a workshop on emergency wildfire preparedness. Numerous organizations and agencies will be on hand for the event,...