New competition takes over fairgrounds
The first-ever Outback Cutting western style horse competition is unfolding at the fairgrounds.
Summer soccer program bounces back
WATSONVILLE—More than 100 children in bright yellow T-shirts were at Pinto Lake County Park Friday morning, laughing, shouting and running through various soccer drills as part of the Aztecas Summer Soccer Camp.
The camp, launched seven years ago to give young people a constructive “pro-social”...
County park will honor late Sheriff’s deputy
APTOS—Plans were announced Thursday of a major renovation of Willowbrook County Park to honor the late Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, who was gunned down in the line of duty in 2020.
The project of “reimagining” the park was announced in a brief...
Flooding closes Pajaro Middle School, students relocate to Lakeview
PAJARO—As Pajaro residents wait for waters to recede and for officials to lift the evacuation orders that have beset the small community since the March 11 levee breach, hundreds of Pajaro Middle School students are attending class three miles away at Lakeview Middle School.
Pajaro...
Suspected burglar nabbed by Watsonville Police
Thanks to the help of an alert resident, officers on patrol arrested a man suspected of breaking into a local business.
Dispatchers received a call from a community member reporting that a man was acting suspicious on the 300 block of Harvest Drive.
As Watsonville Police...
Young Watsonville filmmakers hit the big screen
Dozens of students in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District walked the red carpet Tuesday night at the Edward James Olmos’ Latino Film Institute's Youth Cinema Project’s Oscar Awards ceremony. The family-oriented event at the Mello Center featured 25 films that were created by...
City manager: Watsonville becoming safer, attracting businesses
WATSONVILLE—Total crime is down nine percent, businesses are moving in and parks are getting a facelift.
Those were all highlights from Wednesday night’s fourth annual State of the City, a yearly public report on Watsonville’s progress presented by City Manager Matt Huffaker in the Civic...
All-girls pump track clinic held at Ramsay Park
WATSONVILLE—A group of young girls aged 6 to 11 lined up with their bikes at Ramsay Park on Sunday afternoon, eager to learn about riding the park’s new pump track.
The free clinic was organized by Bike Santa Cruz County with the help of the...
‘A force of nature’: Land conservation pioneer Diane Porter Cooley dies
PAJARO VALLEY—Diane Porter Cooley, whose family history dates back to Santa Cruz County’s infancy, and whose conservation efforts of both farmland and forest helped build the underpinnings of the county’s environmental ideology—and reshape the way the nation viewed agricultural land protection—died Thursday in her...
Pajaro Valley Health Care District seeks applicants for Measure N oversight...
The Pajaro Valley Health Care District is seeking community members to serve on the Measure N Citizens’ Oversight Committee, which monitors spending of bond...
