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WATSONVILLE—An attorney representing a group of people experiencing homelessness that has set up camp at a parking lot on Bridge Street has filed an injunction seeking a temporary restraining order against the city of Watsonville. Anthony Prince, general counsel for the California Homeless Union/Statewide Organizing...

“Out of the Fire” is the latest art exhibit to showcase at the Pajaro Valley Arts Sudden Street Gallery. More than 55 artists are in the show with artwork that was created or affected by fire, such as a kiln, welding, blown glass and...

The group Banda S7 treats the crowd to live Banda music Sunday in downtown Watsonville during a celebration of Mexican Independence Day.

SANTA CRUZ—A woman died early Wednesday in a two-alarm fire that broke out in the former Sobering Center in Santa Cruz. Around 2:30am 9-1-1 dispatchers received numerous calls about a fire spreading through the two-story Victorian wood structure that had been boarded up since the...

Once home to the Stoesser Building, the lot has been empty since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused irreparable damage to the historic structure in the heart of Watsonville’s downtown.

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday heard a grim budget report which, while it shows that the district can cover its expenses for the next three years, it also predicts that declining enrollment will severely drain its general fund. PVUSD...

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday joined other Santa Cruz County municipalities in enacting a moratorium on no-fault evictions until a new state law limiting rent increases and requiring just-cause evictions goes into effect next year. The emergency ordinance passed unanimously with councilwoman Trina Coffman-Gomez...

Watsonville Police announced Thursday that the man who allegedly stole a small airplane out of Watsonville Municipal Airport (WMA) on June 26 appears to have flown the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk into the sea.