New bill would provide $500M to agricultural fairs
SACRAMENTO—Earlier this month, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), Representatives Billy Long (R-MO), Mike Levin (D-CA), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced bipartisan legislation aiming to help preserve agricultural fairs across the country and offset the devastating financial losses they have experienced due to Covid-19.
The Agricultural...
90-year old celebrated for helping new parents
A woman who has spent more than four decades making care packages for new parents at Watsonville Community Hospital was feted for her work on Aug. 21.
The celebration, held in the hospital’s lactation room, had a dual purpose.
Joyce Pearce, who would turn 90 the...
From the fields to Silicon Valley
Some of Martin Vargas-Vega’s earliest memories are of waking up in the strawberry and raspberry fields around Watsonville.
His immigrant parents picked berries, and when Vargas-Vega was young, the fields essentially served as daycare. His relatives worked nearby, as did the families of other children...
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes braces for next wave
After the Loma Prieta Earthquake hit Watsonville in October of 1989, a group of people from St. Patrick’s Church established an emergency feeding program, aiming to support those affected by the disaster.
Now, 30 years later, Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes (PVLF) is once again...
Castroville man dies in head-on crash in Moss Landing
Updated at 1:45pm, April 5
A Castroville man died early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Moss Landing.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said emergency officials responded to a head-on collision on Highway 1 north of Springfield Road in Moss Landing at 12:47am.
The California Highway...
Watsonville businesses embrace outdoor operations
WATSONVILLE—As many shelter-in-place restrictions remain in place due to Covid-19, state, county and city officials have looked for ways to allow businesses to open safely.
This has included moving outdoors—onto sidewalks, into parking lots and even streets. Watsonville businesses have slowly been making the move,...
‘It’s a shame’: Thousands of dollars worth of fireworks stolen from youth sports team
WATSONVILLE—Thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of so-called “safe-and-sane” fireworks that a youth football program intended to sell as a Fourth of July fundraiser, Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said.
The Watsonville Jr. Wildcatz had roughly $7,000 worth of fireworks stolen from a storage...
Lito’s Lounge in Corralitos to amp up evening hours
The owners of the three-year-old Lito’s Lounge, housed in the historic Five Mile House in Corralitos, have always envisioned a place where people could gather, socialize and listen to live music into the evening hours.
That vision got closer to reality recently when the business...
Watsonville hospital weighs service cuts amid financial crisis
With Watsonville Community Hospital facing a financial crisis that could force it to close within a year, officials are considering cutting services in an...
