City to sell downtown parking lot to Ow family
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council today will decide whether to sell the Resetar Parking Lot in downtown Watsonville to the Ow family for $542,850.
The sale is part of the consent agenda of today’s Council meeting. Items on the consent agenda typically pass without deliberation, though...
City shows off Pippin Orchards
When the Pippin Orchard Apartment complex at 56 Atkinson Lane was ready for occupancy in the fall, nearly 2,500 families applied, hoping to snag one of the 46 units.
Watsonville will open search for new city manager
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville City Council at a special meeting on Tuesday evening directed staff to search for two companies that will spearhead the city’s efforts to find a new chief executive.
One company will be in charge of finding a permanent replacement for outgoing city manager Matt...
Looking for a stable location: Pregnant Mare Rescue moves horses
Pregnant Mare Rescue on Larkin Valley Road is looking for a new location, a problem compounded by the high cost of land in California.
Summer soccer program bounces back
WATSONVILLE—More than 100 children in bright yellow T-shirts were at Pinto Lake County Park Friday morning, laughing, shouting and running through various soccer drills as part of the Aztecas Summer Soccer Camp.
The camp, launched seven years ago to give young people a constructive “pro-social”...
Santa Cruz County not yet joining other Bay Area counties in closures
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Santa Cruz County officials on Friday said they will not yet join five other Bay Area counties in preemptively adhering to the regional stay-at-home order announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday.
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Marin and Santa Clara counties will adopt...
Cabrillo presents ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
On March 3, 1991 a young African American man by the name of Rodney King was caught after a high-speed police chase in Los Angeles. Police officers then pulled him from his car and beat him, while a man named George Holliday caught it all on film.
Driscoll’s gets new CEO as Reiter steps down
Driscoll’s berry company on Tuesday announced Soren Bjorn as the company’s new CEO.
Bjorn previously served as president of Driscoll’s of the Americas.
He will assume the role in January and oversee the company’s global day-to-day operations, the company announced in a press release.
J. Miles Reiter,...
New leadership, shared priorities: Investing in the future of public safety
As we begin a new year, I want to reflect on the direction of public safety in Watsonville and the leadership helping guide that...
