Climate change survey results to be unveiled
The results of a two-month survey designed to gain insight on how climate change is affecting local residents will be unveiled during an event on Thursday.
‘Making Connections’ at the Expo
Felicia Zamora and Christina Garcia Aguire pose for a photo in the mobile photo booth of MTH Photo Thursday at the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s annual Business Expo at the fairgrounds. This year’s theme was “Making Connections.”
Watsonville Staff of Life set to open March 30
WATSONVILLE—Staff of Life grocery store has for a half-century been a backbone of healthy eating and living in Santa Cruz County, selling organic food and natural products long before those concepts hit the mainstream.
Founders Richard Josephson and Gary Bascou launched the business as a...
Officers balancing enforcement, education of COVID-19 orders
Additional reporting by Todd Guild
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—With the onset of warmer, sunny days, droves of people have been showing up at area beaches and parks, especially on weekends, even as the shelter-in-place order has hit day 41.
And beginning April 25, Santa Cruz County also...
Covid-19 testing sites still scarce in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE—Obtaining a Covid-19 test in Watsonville is still a challenge for some, as long waits and limited options are plaguing those that might have been exposed and are asymptomatic but need a test to find out if they can safely return to work.
The OptumServe...
Photo story: Goat Hill Fair antique show returns to fairgrounds
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...
A tale of two Rubys: Walks to school 65 years apart show societal progress
Sixty five years ago, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges—who is Black—walked to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans at the onset of her first-grade year through a gauntlet of adults throwing food at her and screaming that she didn’t belong.
On Friday, 10-year-old Bradley Elementary School...
Watsonville NETworX graduates four
Watsonville NETworX celebrated the graduation of its second class on May 4 at the Watsonville First United Methodist Church.
Watsonville’s Mayor For The Day contest returns
WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Unified School District high school and middle school students are encouraged to submit essays for the Mayor For The Day contest, which will give one student the chance to spend the day with Watsonville Mayor Jimmy Dutra.
In 2019, Yocelyn Gonzalez, then a...
Letters to the Editor, April 24-30
Keeping our eye on the Clock
My father, an Air Force fighter pilot, and our family, were stationed in Yokohama Japan in 1947 as part...
