PV Chamber announces 59th Annual Awards honorees
WATSONVILLE—In early February of 2020, the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held its Annual Awards Dinner. It was one of the last major events in South County before the pandemic shut things down six weeks later.
The dinner returns this year on July...
Watsonville will allow eviction moratorium to expire at month’s end
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday voted to allow the city’s moratorium on evictions to expire at the end of the month, and instead defer to tenant protections put in place by California’s Judicial Council.
The local moratorium was approved by the council on March...
Children’s author visits H.A. Hyde Elementary
In front of a packed multi-purpose room at H.A. Hyde Elementary School Tuesday, children’s book author and filmmaker Drew Daywalt read his new book and hopefully, he said, encourage the students to create their own stories.
LEO’s Haven set to open | What’s Going On
Special events
8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival (Jan. 18-Feb. 9)
The annual 10-minute play festival celebrates its 25th anniversary as the longest-running and most respected short play festival in the U.S. Sixteen awarded-winning short plays, from the annual international playwriting contest, are performed and...
Missing teen found in Imperial County
Imperial County Sheriff’s deputies have located a teen who ran away from a Watsonville group home in mid-July.
Out on the water | About Town
I rode my bike through the Santa Cruz Harbor today and saw a man and a woman heading out into the waters on stand-up paddleboards after renting them at the long-standing Kayak Connection, which is located in the harbor. Stand-up paddleboards are really popular...
Nonprofit gets national stage
Digital NEST earned national attention this month when it was named the featured charity for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, one of golf’s most watched events.
Man dies in Amesti Road crash
Sometime between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, a Watsonville man died in a solo-vehicle crash on the 200 block of Amesti Road.
Tamara Vides tapped for Watsonville City Manager
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider appointing Tamara Vides as its new City Manager.
Vides served as interim City Manager in 2021 and more recently in April.
She has held various positions during her 15-year career with the city. This includes Deputy City Manager...
Spelling out the drama
Watsonville High School's “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” opens on April 17.
K9 officer helps find loaded handgun; man arrested
A man was arrested late last month on multiple felony charges after he ditched a loaded gun and ran from Capitola Police.
The incident began...
