Watsonville Film Festival on horizon
The 12th annual Watsonville Film Festival will showcase a collection of films that organizers say challenge stereotypes while highlighting the diversity in the Latinx experience, from lowrider car culture to an indigenous soprano singer from Oaxaca, Mexico.
“This Festival was created to counter Hollywood’s often...
WPD: Three Watsonville shootings unrelated; two likely gang-related
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Monday said that three separate shootings that occurred Saturday night—which left two people dead—were not related. Two of them, however, are likely gang-related, WPD spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said.
The first shooting, which police believe is gang-related, occurred in the area of Marchant...
Sheriff’s office: we will enforce updated shelter-in-place order
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—One day after Santa Cruz County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel announced she was closing parks, beaches and open spaces countywide starting Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. to combat the spread of coronavirus, Sheriff Jim Hart said that law enforcement personnel will start...
Woman arrested for second knife attack
WATSONVILLE—A Watsonville woman who was out on bail for allegedly stabbing a woman in August was arrested again on Sunday after allegedly slashing a man’s face with a knife, Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said.
Dalilah Yasin, 41, was charged with assault with a deadly...
DNA links man to 2016 sexual assault
A Watsonville man is now facing charges after a DNA match linked him to the sexual assault of 13-year-old girl in 2016.
County joins lawsuit to halt oil, mineral extraction
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 14 agreed to allow the county to join a lawsuit that would stop the federal government from issuing leases for fossil fuel extraction within its borders.
The lawsuit would in essence help preserve local...
Q&A: Graciela Vega on Cinco de Mayo
The community is invited to gather and celebrate Cinco de Mayo on May 5 from 4-7pm in the Watsonville City Plaza. Co-presented by the Farmers’ Market, Poesía en la Plaza and Ballet Folklorico Ollin, the event will feature music, poets, dancers and booths.
We spoke...
‘It went viral, really viral’: Local bakery quashing COVID-19 rumors
WATSONVILLE—Jessica Martin was getting ready to go to bed Saturday night when she received a text message from a friend. Then another. And another. And another.
“They just kept coming in,” she said. “It went viral, really viral.”
Her family’s bakery, Rebeca’s Bakery off of Main...
Digital NEST invites tech titans to Watsonville
Thanks to a cast of workers and volunteers at Watsonville’s Digital NEST, more than 200 local high school and college students were able to get a close brush with some of the giants in the tech industry in the first-ever NEST Flight.
