Pajaro Valley High holds first graduation on new turf | Grads 2021
WATSONVILLE—Many in this year’s Pajaro Valley High School graduating class had heard about the battle to construct the school’s new athletic fields since their days in elementary school.
PVHS graduate Yuliana Urrutia says she remembers overhearing her cousins talking about the field while she was...
County frees up $500K to curb possible evictions
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the use of $500,000 in emergency rental assistance funds to help county renters facing eviction pay back rent.
The funds—which come from the Planning and the Housing for Health departments and the...
Update: Four arrested after 45-mile high-speed chase
WATSONVILLE—Four men were taken into custody late Saturday night in Watsonville following a two-county, high-speed chase.
Greenfield Police said the pursuit got underway around 7pm when Greenfield Police officers observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation in the city of Soledad. When the officers attempted...
Covid-19 treatments available at testing locations
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County now has several Covid-19 Test to Treat sites available to the community, including the three OptumServe testing sites, which are available to anyone regardless of insurance or documentation status. Test to Treat sites allow individuals to get tested, be...
St. Francis grads look to the future
It was after Jocelyn Madrigal attended an event at St. Francis High School (SFHS) that she decided: This was the school for her.
Madrigal had not had any family who attended the school, nor did she know much about it before visiting the campus for...
Townhome project featuring historic schoolhouse on the move
WATSONVILLE—The historic 1903 Roache schoolhouse is on the move, once again.
In order to make way for heavy equipment and ground moving, the building at 221 Airport Blvd. was recently hoisted across the property and now sits perched on cribbing at the edge of Airport...
Photos: Watsonville pump track opens
The Ramsay Park Pumptrack, the only asphalt-covered pump track in Santa Cruz County, officially opened on Tuesday in Watsonville. On April 11 from 1:30-4:30pm Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz, who built the track, will hold a special all-girls pump track event. The event is...
$3 million grant to help Cabrillo students transfer to CSUMB
APTOS – Cabrillo College announced Monday that it is one of 40 colleges and universities nationwide that was awarded a grant designed to help ease students into four-year universities.
The $3 million, five-year U.S. Department of Education Title V - Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant will be for Cabrillo...
Monarch Services celebrates 40 years
Monarch Services held its 40th anniversary celebration with a luncheon at Seascape Golf Club in Rio del Mar recently.
Longtime Supervisor Greg Caput won’t seek reelection in June
WATSONVILLE—After serving for 12 years as the representative of Santa Cruz County’s 4th District, Supervisor Greg Caput says that he will not seek reelection in the upcoming June primary.
With a wife, two sets of adolescent twins and a 16-year-old son, Caput, now in his...
Are the inmates running the asylum?
If there was any doubt that the inmates are running the asylum in our administration right now, the group chat on the Signal messaging...
