Showing the Love
New School Community Day School teacher Bryan Love left a 20-year career in sales and business 14 years ago after a family emergency forced him to take some time off.
After working as a substitute for just four days, Love found his new place at...
Watsonville suspect nabbed for lewd behavior
A man was arrested Wednesday at his Watsonville home on suspicion of arranging for sex with a minor, according to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (SDPS).
Officials at the SDPS received information that Pablo Taskey, 27, used an online social media application, and arranged...
Remembering fallen officers
The Never Forget Memorial Relay was held Sunday in Aptos Village Park. The eighth annual event featured 33 teams of four from police and fire departments, California State Parks, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office, the county Probation Department and others whose teams...
Dependency attorneys grappling with funding cuts
Every day in Santa Cruz County Superior Court Family Law Division in Watsonville, a small team of attorneys who specialize in family law advocate for children and their parents as they move through the often impersonal machinations of the legal system.
PVUSD commemorates Harvey Milk Day with flag raising
More than 200 people gathered Monday for the Third Annual Harvey Milk Day/Progress Flag Raising event at the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Office.
The event took place on Harvey Milk Day. Milk was a prominent gay rights activist who was assassinated on May 22,...
Palms planted at transit center
The Parks and Community Services Department recently planted four large Queen Palms in front of the Watsonville Transit Center on Rodriguez Street.
Supervisors approve draft BESS ordinance
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved forward with proposed rules aimed at regulating large-scale battery energy storage systems, which if approved in November would allow the controversial facilities in unincorporated areas while giving county officials some oversight when they are...
City: New funding sources could not replace sunsetting sales tax
With Watsonville's Measure G sunsetting in 2021 and an uncertain economic landscape in the near future, city officials are hoping voters will once again jump on board if the measure is placed on a future ballot for renewal.
Man arrested in Castroville homicide
A man was arrested Thursday after reportedly shooting and killing his brother in Castroville.
Watsonville Hospital nurses picket for safety standards
WATSONVILLE—About 50 nurses – most of them wearing bright red scrubs and improvised face masks – gathered along Nielson Street at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) Monday morning to protest what they say is a recent decision by hospital administrators to weaken safety standards for...
Aptos wins first-ever CCS championship in school history | Boys soccer
The Aptos High boys’ soccer team went on an unprecedented postseason run during the 2025-26 winter season.
It began with bringing home the program’s first-ever...





















