Watsonville City Council sets special meeting for rail trail business plan
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council at the tail end of its Tuesday night meeting approved plans to reconvene today to discuss a resolution in support of the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC) business plan for construction and operation of a passenger rail line...
Second claim filed in Aptos High stabbing
WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Unified School District is facing a second lawsuit stemming from the stabbing death of a 17-year-old student on the campus of Aptos High School last August.
The student, referred to in the claim as G.S., died after being attacked by two students, one...
Watsonville closes recreation programs, cancels events | COVID-19 closures
The City of Watsonville on Thursday cancelled several local gatherings because of growing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Those cancellations included its Friday farmers market and its annual Earth Day event, scheduled this year for April 26.
Watsonville City Manager Matt Huffaker said...
Meat markets grapple with price hikes
As summer edges in, the folks at Corralitos Market & Sausage Co. and Freedom Meat Lockers are dealing with rising meat prices as the industry and customers across the nation adjust to higher costs, soaring gas prices and more.
“I feel like the prices have...
Teens arrested after e-bike chase; CHP offers rules
Two teens were arrested on March 10 after leading police on a chase on their e-bikes.
Watsonville Police Sgt. Jarrod Pisturino said the department had received numerous complaints about youths speeding through and around the Vista Montaña housing project off of East Lake Avenue at...
Food, What?! holds benefit dinner
Food, What?! held its annual Benefit Dinner on Sept. 17 at Santa Cruz Mission State Park.
Lake Tahoe Suffocates With Smoke
TAHOE CITY, Calif.—When the pandemic swept through California last year, Lake Tahoe, the azure gem of the Sierra Nevada, swarmed with city dwellers fleeing to the purity of its alpine air.
Now the stampede has reversed. With a fast-expanding wildfire roaring just one ridge away...
Community, lawmakers celebrate “monumental achievement” during groundbreaking ceremony
After decades of floods that devastated the communities of Pajaro and Watsonville—and flooded hundreds of acres of farmland—a group of local, state and federal lawmakers gathered near the banks of Corralitos Creek Wednesday to break ground on the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project,...
PV trustees end drug-sniffing dog program
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday ended its policy of bringing drug-sniffing dogs into classrooms, a decision sparked when several people spoke against the practice during the twice-monthly meeting.
Medina faced sexual misconduct allegations in settled lawsuit
The Digital NEST tech nonprofit settled a sexual harassment lawsuit centered on allegations against Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Gabriel Medina, according to...
