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Angry Chickz restaurant is set to open March 20 in Watsonville. From hot chicken sliders, chicken tenders to Mac and cheese, cole slaw and fries, the Nashville chain has 34 other locations in the U.S. In 2017, Angry Chickz founder, David Mkhitaryan, stumbled upon...

The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider appointing Tamara Vides as its new City Manager. Vides served as interim City Manager in 2021 and more recently in April.  She has held various positions during her 15-year career with the city. This includes Deputy City Manager...

The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday gave final approval to a new camping ordinance creating designated “no-encampment zones,” allowing the city to immediately remove encampments from certain public areas without providing the standard 72-hour notice. The vote marked the ordinance’s second reading, making it final. The...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the contract for a new assistant superintendent to oversee the district’s 16 elementary schools. Claudia Monjaras currently serves as Director of Curriculum and Instruction. She previously served as principal at Hall District Elementary...

A San Jose man was arrested Thursday for driving under the influence of alcohol after allegedly rolling his vehicle, and then driving to a Scotts Valley residence, California Highway Patrol Officer Sam Courtney said.

Matt Levy has taken the helm as principal of Pajaro Valley High School, replacing Allison Niizawa, who recently became Director of Human Resources for Certificated Staff.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—In early November 2021, Meals on Wheels’ (MOW) congregate meal sites reopened to older adults across Santa Cruz County for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Staff and volunteers from MOW, a program of umbrella organization Community Bridges, combined their...

Last March, film director Melissa Elizondo was about to board a plane from Mexico bound for the Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) when she got a call from Executive Director Consuelo Alba. The festival had been canceled due to the pandemic, and international travel was...

California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers has closed all 284 of its locations statewide, further throwing into disarray an already upended industry.

An unknown suspect stole a Watsonville mother's wallet, which contained irreplaceable photos of her son who died from cancer two years ago