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Community meeting about Veterans Memorial Building set

The County of Santa Cruz is looking into the Veterans Memorial Building and how it could once again serve South County veterans groups. Applied Survey Research (ASR) was tasked earlier this year by the county to gather information.

Day of the Dead exhibit returns at Pajaro Valley Arts

mi casa es tu casa pajaro valley arts
The annual “Mi Casa es Tu Casa” exhibit, centered around Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a traditional holiday in Mexico, has opened at Pajaro Valley Arts in Watsonville. “Mi Casa es Tu Casa: Honoring Our Ancestors” features a range of participants, including...

New Watsonville Police officer fired

Tyler Leroy Stephens
WATSONVILLE—A man who was recently hired as a Watsonville Police officer—and who is facing assault and vandalism charges for a bizarre string of incidents in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 20—is no longer employed with the City of Watsonville, Watsonville Police spokeswoman Michelle Pulido...

Community briefs, July 5, 2019

Community briefs, July 5, 2019.

Santa Cruz Follies presents: ‘Fascinatin’ Rhythms’

For performer Joe Ferrara, being a member of the Santa Cruz Follies is like being part of a large, extended family.

Morning blaze sends up column of black smoke

A fire that tore through an outbuilding and into a residence in the mountains above Corralitos sent a huge column of black smoke over Eureka Canyon Thursday morning.

Mexico's Lopez Obrador claims historic win, broad mandate

Furious at spiraling corruption and violence, Mexican voters unleashed a political earthquake Sunday by electing a leftist firebrand as president and giving him a broad mandate to overthrow the political establishment and govern for the poor.

Digital NEST commemorates 5 years

Digital NEST
WATSONVILLE—Jenna Rodriguez has only worked for Digital NEST for about a month, but she says it feels like she’s been a part of the organization for much longer. “I actually went to first birthday event,” she said. “It was small and intimate, and it...

PVUSD superintendent shares thoughts about state of District, its future

Michelle Rodriguez PVUSD
WATSONVILLE—Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of schools nationwide, education officials have been struggling to rebound from the significant—and unanticipated—academic and emotional toll at-home learning wrought on young people. Pajaro Valley Unified School District has since boosted its ranks of socio-emotional counselors and mental...

South County vaccinations lagging as state readies to remove restrictions

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Masks, capacity limits and several other mandates imposed by the state to slow the spread of Covid-19 will all become a thing of the past on Tuesday. And while Santa Cruz County health officials in their first press conference since May called...
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Man arrested in levee death

Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies on Friday arrested a Pajaro man for the murder of Watsonville resident Jesús Alfonso Duarte Figueroa, whose body was found...