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January 13, 2026

ELLA's At The AIRPORT Celebrates its 3 Year Anniversary

Saturday APRIL 7TH - 7PM-10PM located at the Watsonville Airport - 100 AVIATION WAY JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE WITH A NIGHT OF GREAT FOOD & FREE FLOWING MUSIC! We have Happy Hour drink specials going all day long (11-10:00) & a smooth Jazz band NICK WILLIAMS TRIO performing for the dinner time from 7-10pm FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.ELLASINWATSONVI LLE.COM

Drinking in the shopping season

As holiday shopping season ramps up, the employees at Elyxir Distributing have the solution for the beer lovers in the family.

Staying with Sumano’s

In 2012, Edgar Sumano made the decision to come to Watsonville and begin working at his father’s bakery.

Measure L funds nearly spent as 10-year anniversary nears

PVUSD Measure L
WATSONVILLE—In 2012, voters within the Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved Measure L, a $150 million bond that has funded construction and rehabilitation projects at nearly every facility in the district. And, one decade after its passage, the bond is drawing to a close. According to...

Fostering a love of reading

Ohlone Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Day on Wednesday, an event that allowed each student to score a free book.

Crashes cause major backup

Traffic on northbound Highway 1 north of Watsonville is clogged due to two crashes on the highway Wednesday morning.

Music in the Plaza concerts wrap up next month

music in the plaza
The Chicano All Stars perform at the Watsonville City Plaza Thursday evening to a crowd of more than 100 people. The free live concerts are part of the city's Music in the Plaza Concert Series. Up next, on Oct. 29 at 6pm, the city...

Fox Factory joins large local companies in mass layoffs

Fox factory layoffs
Fox Factory, Inc. has temporarily laid off 85 employees from its Watsonville facility on Hangar Way and another 159 employees from its headquarters in Scotts Valley, state filings show. The reductions came weeks before its parent company Fox Factory Holding Corp, which designs and manufactures...

PHOTO: Supporting Jacob's Heart

The American Legion Riders Chapter 69 provided Santa Claus with a motorcycle and sled escort to Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services' Christmas Party on Dec. 9.

Alleged sheriff’s sergeant killer waives preliminary hearing

Steven Carrillo
SANTA CRUZ—The man who allegedly fatally shot Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller in Ben Lomond last year during a violent crime spree waived his preliminary hearing Monday in Santa Cruz County Superior Court. The move means Steven Carrillo, who appeared in the courtroom...
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County Supervisors approve draft BESS ordinance

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved forward with proposed rules aimed at regulating large-scale battery energy storage systems, which if...

Teen arrested after chase