Bolstering safety: With sales tax nearing its end, city officials eye renewal
With Watsonville's Measure G ending in 2021, so could the roughly $4 million that comes with it annually.
Teen Kitchen Project seeks volunteer drivers
Teen Kitchen Project is looking for volunteer drivers to deliver food to those in need.
Wildfire sparks evacuations in Royal Oaks
A rapidly spreading wildland fire broke out Wednesday afternoon around 1:30pm, forcing people from their homes and scrambling to save pets.
By the time firefighters arrived, flames were charging up a steep wooded hillside on the 100 block of Vega Road while a towering column...
Watsonville Library, Hospice organization to host virtual event
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Watsonville Public Library, along with Hospice Santa Cruz County (HSCC), will be hosting a virtual book discussion on Zoom on Nov. 5 at 5:30pm.
The event will be centered around author Katy Butler’s “The Art of Dying Well,” a nonfiction book published...
Watsonville egg drop celebrates Engineers Week
WATSONVILLE—Cecilia Gonzalez spent a day hollowing out a piece of plastic foam, creating a perfect spot in which to cradle an egg. She wrapped this in cardboard and topped her invention with several balloons.
The test came on Wednesday, when it was dropped off the...
Watsonville City Council hears from flood-stricken residents
WATSONVILLE—Tempers ran high Tuesday evening at the Watsonville City Council meeting where residents of three of the city’s senior residential communities voiced their accounts of having to deal with the floods at the start of the year and the ongoing fallout.
After more than a...
Mid-day fire chars two acres
A wildland fire broke out in trees and brush flanking northbound Highway 1 north of Buena Vista Drive Monday in Watsonville.
The 1pm blaze sent up massive billows of gray and brown smoke that were visible around Watsonville and drew a heavy response from multiple...
Bonny Doon woman dies in crash
A 34-year-old Santa Cruz woman died in a solo vehicle crash in the mountains north of Santa Cruz Saturday.
Letters to the Editor, April 24-30
Keeping our eye on the Clock
My father, an Air Force fighter pilot, and our family, were stationed in Yokohama Japan in 1947 as part...
