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Flodberg Park lies in the center of a neighborhood at the end of Alvarado Street, a tiny place with a grassy field, a blacktop, a play structure and tables for picnics. There is also a long, colorful mural along a fence abutting the park, as...

Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles Thursday. Padilla, a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, released the following statement after he was taken out of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press...

Dozens of people came to Community Bridges’ downtown location Sunday, where they received a free eye exam  and, if needed, a pair of prescription glasses. This included an onsite mobile RV that made the glasses onsite. The exams—which organizers estimate at $400-$500—came thanks to VSP Vision,...

The Santa Cruz County Supervisors on Tuesday signaled their support for three human-services programs at risk of being cut when the board meets June 10 to hammer out this year’s budget. Under the current budget proposal, Mental Health Client Action Network (MHCAN) loses its $587,000...

There is a tiny seed that at one time was second only to corn, as a very important part in the diet of the ancient Aztecs.  The seeds come out of tiny pink flowers that grow in large clusters on the Amaranth bush; 60,000 seeds...

Sierra and Derrick Rodriguez visit Santa and Mrs. Claus Saturday in East Lake Village Shopping Center during the annual Shop Small/Buy Local event. Live Music from the Pajaro Valley High Band, hay rides on a tractor provided by the Agricultural History Project, store specials,...

Four decades ago, Watsonville’s cannery industry was bustling, packing up the vast amount of agricultural products grown in the Pajaro Valley and preserving them for shipment around the world. The lifeblood of this industry was provided by its thousands of workers—most of them women, and...

Mariachi de Alma performs at the Share Your Holiday at the Elks Lodge in Watsonville Friday. Headed up by KSBW TV since 1986, the event—in conjunction with the Salvation Army—invited the public and businesses to contribute gifts, food and cash to help those in...