Mid-day fire chars two acres
A wildland fire broke out in trees and brush flanking northbound Highway 1 north of Buena Vista Drive Monday in Watsonville.
The 1pm blaze sent up massive billows of gray and brown smoke that were visible around Watsonville and drew a heavy response from multiple...
Downtown library to add rooftop cafe
For years, Watsonville Public Library’s Main Street location has drawn community members young and old to find their next great book, perform research or to simply sit and read in silence.
And soon, people could have another reason to come.
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday...
Election day nears – a guide to state propositions and places to vote
With election day approaching, voters have several state propositions from which to choose. Below is a brief description of each of them. For a deeper dive, visit voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions.
Proposition 2
Public School and Community College Facilities
Under Prop. 2, the state would sell a $10 billion...
Honoring the dead at PV Arts
The annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit opened Thursday at Pajaro Valley Arts on Sudden Street.
The show explores the connection between the living and those who have passed. Typically, altars (ofrendas) are built in homes and public spaces to honor and remember the...
Annual tour gives a taste of farming
The annual Open Farm Tour unfolded over the weekend in Santa Cruz County where 13 organic farms welcomed the public to showcase their growing operations, methods and products.
“Last year was just freaky, weather-wise, with all the rain and cold,” said Jean Thomas at Thomas...
Project aims to restore Struve Slough, improve water quality
Work is moving forward on a project to restore native habitat and implement a series of water quality treatment projects to redesign the path of stormwater to Middle Struve Slough.
Workers are already several weeks into the job, which is located between Hope Park and...
PVUSD asking voters to support Measure M to improve school facilities
In a tiny, cramped classroom on Pajaro Valley High School’s sprawling campus on Tuesday, a group of students was taking turns on a makeshift stage expressing various emotions and personalities as dictated by their drama teacher.
One by one, the students met their challenges to...
Watsonville clinic reaches 40 years
Jeffrey Solinas was a freshman in UC Santa Cruz when he decided to become a doctor.
In truth, that decision came in the form of a mandate, he said.
“My grandmother told me I had to be a doctor,” he said with a grin as he...
Protesters block businesses, streets as event stretches into evening
A huge, boisterous crowd of people protesting recent arrests of immigrants around the country took their message to the streets Monday following a rally...
