Local News

A local group is calling on the nation’s largest berry grower to cease the use of pesticides on farm fields located near schools. The Campaign for Organic & Regenerative Agriculture (CORA) will hold a press conference and community gathering on May 21 to ask Driscoll’s...

A Santa Cruz man died May 10 when the SUV he was driving plunged over a cliff and crashed onto the rocky shoreline on the west side of Santa Cruz County after he briefly fled from police. California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said the...

Watsonville city officials gathered Friday to break ground on a major renovation and upgrade for Ramsay Park. The Ramsay Park Renaissance Project is expected  to revitalize and transform Watsonville's largest recreation site. The park now features a community center, the mammoth Soccer Central tent, soccer and...

Deb Moore sets up a display of vintage felt Pennants Thursday at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds as part of the the two-day Goat Hill Fair, an antiques and vintage show and sale. It opened early Friday morning and runs through Saturday, and has filled...

After a late spring rain storm hit the area over the weekend, UC Santa Cruz students continued their protest of the Israel-Gaza war, occupying the University’s Quarry Plaza in an action meant to pressure the school into divesting from companies tied to Israel and...

Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) Board of Directors has chosen Miriam Anton as their new Executive Director.  Anton comes on board as the gallery gears up for the next decade of growth and transformation in their new space at the Porter Building in downtown Watsonville, the...

Nearly three decades ago, the Queer Youth Leadership Awards (QYLA) was created to honor young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people (LGBTQ+) whose advocacy and activism have made notable impacts on their communities. Created by the Queer Youth Task Force, the annual ceremony is...

California road trips to the desert, the State Capitol, the San Joaquin Valley, the Bay Area or the Sierra foothills have been turning up a  bounty of rewards for my wife, Sarah, and me.  This was proven on our recent drive from Watsonville to Sacramento...

Hundreds of women—many attired in wide-brimmed hats festooned with flowers—gathered at Driscoll’s Driscoll’s Rancho Corralitos Thursday afternoon for the annual Down to Earth Women Luncheon. The luncheon is held to raise funds for Agri-Culture’s Focus Agriculture program, as well as the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship...