Watsonville Fire Captain to continue fighting fires after hunting accident
WATSONVILLE—It was a homecoming celebration for the books: About 60 firefighters, police officers, professionals, retirees, friends and family assembled at Watsonville Municipal Airport Monday to welcome home one of their own.
At 12:30 p.m. a private jet landed, swung down the tarmac and stopped at...
Granite secures projects worth more than $520M
Watsonville-based Granite Construction announced recently that it has been selected to construction two projects in California totaling more than $520 million.
Watsonville police looking for help finding 1-year-old
UPDATE: The 1-year-old has been returned to her mother.
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 1-year-old child who was abruptly taken by her father after an argument with the child’s mother in Watsonville Sunday night.
WPD spokeswoman Michelle Pulido...
Man arrested for celebratory gunfire gone awry
FREEDOM—A Freedom man was arrested Saturday after a bullet he fired during a July 4 celebration ricocheted off the ground and entered a nearby residence, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Ashley Keehn said.
The bullet came within inches of a 10-year-old girl in her Miller...
Six injured in head-on collision
Five people were injured after a collision on Maher Road in Royal Oaks on Wednesday.
Watsonville Airport scores federal grants
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Municipal Airport has been awarded two grants that will allow it to update its master plan and its pavement maintenance management plan.
The grants of $550,000 and $110,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are highly competitive, said Airport Manager Rayvon Williams.
According to Williams,...
Community invited to National Night Out
The public is invited to National Night Out, a series of gatherings held in communities throughout Santa Cruz County on Aug. 5 from 3-7pm.
National...
