One last commute for retiring Watsonville cop
Tarmo Hannula: Robert "Rolo" Leonardich hung up his keys at the Watsonville Police Department Friday for the last time after 41 years of service. About 50 people packed into the briefing room at WPD to share cake and words of respect and recognition of...
Last minute touches for Plaza lights | Photo gallery
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Pizza, beer and bowling | Try This
Todd Guild
FUN - Boardwalk Bowl
My wife is a teacher, and as such she is always busy. This includes evenings and weekends.
And so I often find myself taking our sons on outings so she can catch up on work.
A perfect activity for us is visiting...
All in for the ocean on New Year’s day
Special events
Portrait Painting (Dec. 28)
Paint along with Toaa Dallo at Palace Art, 1501 41st Ave., and create your own version of this fabulous portrait of the celebrated French painter Berthe Morisot, by the great Impressionist Edouard Manet. This is a must-attend event for anyone who...
Land Trust protects Silliman Ranch
WATSONVILLE—The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, together with the Martinelli and Silliman families, have protected the Silliman Ranch on Highway 129 from development.
Under the agreement signed the week before Thanksgiving, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County purchased the development rights to the...
Hartnell center coming to Castroville
CASTROVILLE—Two large signs along Merritt Street just east of Highway 1 in Castroville now mark the site where, by spring of 2022, a new education and outreach center for Hartnell College will serve students throughout North Monterey County.
The signs, installed Dec. 5, are also...
PV Water to expand service area to sustain farmland
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Board of Directors on Dec. 18 voted unanimously to expand its water supply services into an area impacted by seawater intrusion.
The initial phase of F-Pipeline Expansion Project will construct additional pipelines to provide supplemental water service to approximately...
City offering grants for public art
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville is investing $4,000 into public art projects in the coming year.
The Public Art Grant Program, established earlier this month, will distribute four $1,000 grants to different projects by Watsonville artists that aim to improve and enrich the city. Projects can...
Food giveaway helps local families during holiday
WATSONVILLE—Sherry Dang knows how tough it can be to go to bed hungry.
Dang, co-owner of a handful of 7-Eleven stores around the Central Coast with Kirk di Cicco, said she spent time without a home and went days without food while growing up in...
Homegrown pizza shop at the cutting edge of Watsonville’s downtown
WATSONVILLE—In five years brothers Brando and Kristian Sencion predict their new, hip restaurant, Slice Project, will be one of several of-this-generation eateries that will be scattered throughout Watsonville’s downtown.
“It’s only a matter of time and we welcome that,” Brando said. “The more good food...
A show of support for the immigrant community
A multitude of elected officials, workers and law enforcement officials from Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties gathered at the Government Center in...
