Pilot program provides free menstrual products at County buildings
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County launched a pilot program on April 8 to provide free menstrual products in restrooms in select county facilities, including at the Watsonville center on Freedom Boulevard.
The program aims to assist low-income residents who struggle to afford menstrual products, said...
County yoga studios offering live classes online
WATSONVILLE—As the second day of Santa Cruz County’s shelter-in-place order dawned Wednesday morning, Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts owner Phoenix Artemisia was busy setting up for class—just not as she normally does.
Artemisia’s mat was unrolled on the ground of her studio on Main...
Watsonville welcomes first baby of 2023
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville’s first baby of the year made his appearance at 4:09am, a five-and-a-half pound boy who makes the third child for Beneslao Lucas and Irma Lopez.
Josue Lucas made a surprise appearance at 36 weeks, but was healthy and lively on Monday morning at Watsonville...
Biden’s election brings DACA recipients new ‘hope’
WATSONVILLE—Yoni Espinoza says he was just 6 years old when his mother told him that they were going to go on a “long, long walk.”
He says he had no idea the trek would be a three-day journey through excruciatingly hot days and numbingly cold...
Mural completed at Cesar Chavez Middle School
A new outdoor mural was unveiled at Cesar Chavez Middle School May 25, a joint effort between Watsonville artist Yermo Aranda, area students, instructors and others.
The four-panel mural, roughly 25-by-40-feet, depicts scenes from indigenous people and a multistage chronology of the life of Cesar...
PVUSD busses to go electric
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to purchase a fleet of electric busses, and build the infrastructure necessary to charge them.
PVUSD Director of Transportation Katie Powell said the move comes thanks to an incentive program by...
Police interrupt burglary spree
WATSONVILLE—A Watsonville woman is in custody on multiple charges of burglary and attempted burglary at residences and businesses throughout Watsonville.
Her crime spree came to a halt early Sunday when she was interrupted by Watsonville Police after they spotted her attempting to break into a...
METRO bus service changes underway
Big changes are now underway at the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO). As of Dec. 21, METRO is implementing bus service improvements as part of Reimagine METRO, an effort to increase service, adapt to post-Covid travel patterns and create a more useful transit...
Recall effort against PVUSD Trustee Acosta fails
WATSONVILLE—An effort to recall Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Georgia Acosta has failed after organizers were unable to gather the roughly 2,200 signatures needed before Monday's deadline to put it before voters.
Efforts to recall Acosta began early this year after the Area II...
PVUSD trustees cut school employee, teacher positions
After the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Thursday night made sweeping cuts to 78 classified positions, newly appointed Board President...
