Community calls for Watsonville’s city council to save sports programs
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville will have to make several tough cuts to meet a projected $6.5 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year.
But more than two dozen community members defending the value of youth sports programs at Tuesday’s virtual City Council meeting urged...
Queer Youth Leadership Awards set for Saturday
It has been almost three decades since local organizers launched the Queer Youth Leadership Awards, an event created to highlight young people whose work has benefitted the LGBTQ community, as well as the people and organizations that help them.
This happened in the early days...
Aptos Coffee Roasting Co. closes
After being served with a 30-day notice in July, Aptos Coffee Roasting Co. celebrated its long run in the Rancho Del Mar Center on Aug. 19 — its final day — with free coffee beverages and free pound-bags of coffee for all.
Three arrested for murder
An adult and two juveniles are facing murder charges for the death of a 41-year-old man whose body was found off the roadway on upper North Rodeo Gulch on Oct. 13.
Photo story: Morning rollover near Target store
MEDICAL EMERGENCY Watsonville firefighters deal with a solo-vehicle rollover on Thursday, where an SUV barrel-rolled down a hillside on Main Street. Watsonville City spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said a man driving a Mazda SUV appears to have had a medical emergency while driving past the...
One dies, several injured in multi-vehicle Pajaro crash
PAJARO—One person was killed early Sunday morning when a suspected drunk driver crashed head-on into their vehicle in Pajaro, California Highway Patrol officer Jessica Madueño said.
Officers say the suspect, identified as Israel Cruz, 47, was driving east in a Toyota pickup on Hall Road...
Man found dead from gunshot wound in Santa Cruz Mountains
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man on Laurel Road off of Highway 17 as a homicide.
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Ashley Keehn said deputies on Sunday night were alerted to reports of a man with a gun...
PHOTO: Bomb Squad responds to suspicious device
Watsonville police and Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies team up with the county Bomb Team Thursday morning after a suspicious device was found at the door of the County Courthouse in downtown Watsonville before 8am, said WPD spokeswomen Michelle Pulido. s were evacuated, dozens...
Cal Fire: prepare for heavy fire season
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County’s top fire official on Tuesday warned that, because of a lackluster rainy season, the ongoing drought and low reservoirs, the upcoming fire season could be as bad or worse than last year’s.
“As we look back at last year, anything...
PVUSD Trustees to revisit teacher layoff vote
A little more than one week after voting to eliminate roughly 80 teacher positions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will...
