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December 1, 2025

Stop signs coming for Larkin Valley

Santa Cruz County
The County of Santa Cruz Department of Public Works will install new stop signs at the intersection of Larkin Valley and White roads and Larkin Valley Road and Mar Monte Avenue that will convert the intersections to all-way stop-controlled intersections. The County will install the...

PV Health Trust to purchase Watsonville Community Hospital

The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust announced Thursday that it will purchase Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) from current owner, Quorum Health.

PVUSD Board appoints new trustee

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Monday appointed Misty Navarro to fill the Trustee VII seat vacated in September by Jennifer Holm. Navarro is an emergency room physician at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. She lives in Aptos and has children...

Freedom Boulevard repaving wrapping up

freedom boulevard repaving striping green valley road
A major upgrade on a section of Freedom Boulevard, between Alta Vista Avenue and Green Valley Road, is in its final stage. The months-long job included fresh asphalt, multi-modal bike lanes, new curbs, sidewalks and gutters (in places), new ADA ramps, a bus pullout at...

Dropping in | Photo Gallery

Do you have a recent photograph you’d like to share? Send it to us for consideration by emailing it to [email protected] or mailing it to 21 Brennan St., Suite 14, Watsonville, CA 95076. Please include a brief description of the photo as well as the name...

City sets schedule for redistricting outreach

Watsonville city council
WATSONVILLE—The city of Watsonville over the next eight months will undergo its decennial citywide effort to redraw the lines of its elected districts. Every decade following the release of census data, cities and counties must adjust their district lines to account for possible shifts in...

Supreme Court rules Trump administration cannot immediately end DACA

supreme court daca deicsion
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Supreme Court early Thursday ruled against President Donald Trump’s challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), giving 700,000 so-called “Dreamers” safety from deportation until the Trump administration can weave its way through the administrative process the court...

Man arrested for agriculture-related crimes

A Prunedale man was arrested Nov. 26 on suspicion of a lengthy list of agriculture-related crimes including theft of a tractor. On Oct. 22, deputies from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 300-block of Espinoza Road in Salinas following a report of an...

Hoops above | Photo gallery

Do you have a recent photo you’d like to share? Send it to us for consideration by emailing it to [email protected] or mailing it to 21 Brennan St., Suite 14, Watsonville, CA 95076. Please include a brief description of the photo as well as...

Woman arrested for vandalism, crime spree

Watsonville Police on Wednesday arrested a woman for an alleged 40-minute crime and vandalism spree that included breaking religious statues in two stores, toppling a 15-foot crucifix in a church and stealing roses and a soda.
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Man arrested for agriculture-related crimes

A Prunedale man was arrested Nov. 26 on suspicion of a lengthy list of agriculture-related crimes including theft of a tractor. On Oct. 22, deputies...