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July 8, 2025

The history of downtown Watsonville|Try This

Try this is a weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like. Tarmo Hannula Food Blaze Pizza I had a late lunch recently at a new (for me) pizza spot on the West Side of Santa Cruz—Blaze Pizza, 1901 Mission...

New year, new laws: State strengthening protections for personal data

Starting in 2020, consumers will have the power to find out what personal information companies are collecting on them, and to tell them to stop doing so, and to delete it. That’s thanks to the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which the American Bar...

Police on the lookout for drunk drivers

The Watsonville Police Department is in the midst of an enforcement campaign aimed at stopping drunk and drug-impaired drivers.

Fungus Fair on the horizon | What’s going on?

Special events Watsonville Young Eagles Rally (Jan. 4) Local pilots donate their time and planes to introduce kids to aviation and help them join the Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA) Young Eagles Program. All for free. Register for the January rally online at youngeaglesday.org. The pilots who...

Open Streets returns to Watsonville

Open Streets Watsonville returns on Sunday, on Brennan/Union Street between Callaghan Park and the City Plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Consultant recommends consolidating mid-county fire services

Mid-county residents could see significant changes to their fire services, if a recommendation to streamline and consolidate two departments is approved.

Commission recommends changes to wireless ordinance

The Watsonville Planning Commission gave its recommendation Tuesday to amend a city ordinance in response to federal law on wireless facilities.

SC sheriff’s deputy uses Heimlich maneuver to save infant’s life

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy is being credited with saving the life of a choking infant Tuesday after performing lifesaving measures.
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Monterey County Sheriff: ‘Bomb’ was lost computer

A suspicious bag left leaning against a California Highway Patrol vehicle in Prunedale Monday—which prompted a response from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad...