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Alejandro Lopez, a Watsonville resident and Santa Cruz Breakers Academy alumnus, died late Monday night at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, according to the Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office.

The strawberry season is ramping up in Watsonville, with workers on track to outpace last year’s numbers.

Pajaro Valley Shelter Services presents the 33rd Annual Mother’s Day Run/Walk for Shelter Fundraiser on Sunday at Ramsay Park, 1301 Main St. in Watsonville.

Laughter filled the building as quip after quip, Supervisor Zach Friend sat through the stories, comic strips and one-liners “roasters” threw at him as part of Aptos/Capitola Rotary’s annual dinner Friday.

Twin Lakes Church’s sixth annual World’s Biggest Garage Sale is set for Saturday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Water department workers with the City of Watsonville cut into the pavement on South Green Valley Road Friday morning at the start of a water main repair.

At the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Friday, a stilt-walking instructor named sCary McHuge was putting up a giant tent-like structure to offer shade and relaxation at a makeshift campsite dubbed the Offcenter Camp Cafe.

A Watsonville High School graduate who made a life and career out of metalwork – and who learned the trade at the school – has returned to reincarnate the program.

The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider extending a moratorium it passed in April on new medical offices in shopping centers.