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Watsonville rallies in support of Black transgender community

WATSONVILLE—About 150 people gathered at the City Plaza in Watsonville Sunday to stand in solidarity with the Black transgender community. Rise Up! Act in Solidarity for Black Trans Lives was organized by local residents Alex Santana and Gabe Medina, along with local LGBTQ+ organization Pajaro...

PHOTOS: Did you dress up?

Bay Federal Credit Union and Santa Cruz County Bank decked out for Halloween.

PV Arts announces call for Moveable Murals artists

WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) is looking for artists and muralists to be featured in Moveable Murals, a project done in collaboration with the City of Watsonville and the Parks & Recreation Commission. The project, now in its third year, provides a venue for artists and...

Work begins Monday on Hwy 129/Carlton Road intersection

A project to improve the intersection of Highway 129 and Carlton Road beginning next week will result in traffic delays and a temporary closure.

Highway 1 paving project nears completion

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A six-month project to improve pavement quality on five miles of Highway 1 through Watsonville, both north and southbound, is moving toward completion. “We have about three weeks of work remaining on this project,” said Caltrans spokesman Kevin Drabinski. “That timeline is weather dependent. During...

Try This | Aug. 30, 2019

A weekly column that celebrates local businesses — especially eateries, watering holes, coffee shops and the like.

Armed suspects bind residents, burglarize Live Oak residence

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for three suspects that tied up two people in their Live Oak residence and held them at gunpoint while they stole several bags of belongings. According to Sheriff’s spokeswoman Ashley Keehn, deputies were dispatched just after midnight to...

City seeks to expand cannabis businesses

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will provide direction on major proposed modifications to the City’s cannabis laws, including the possible addition of multiple dispensaries. According to the staff report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting, the City is recommending the addition of two retail licenses as...

Aptos High grads tried to make campus safe, diverse for future

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APTOS—When Oscar Cisneros was a sophomore at Aptos High School he and his friends felt their school was not celebrating its large cultural diversity. “This is a diverse campus,” he said. “There are so many cultures that should be celebrated.” Together, they created the Migrant Student...

Motorcyclist dies in Moss Landing crash

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A Moss Landing man died early Friday morning in a vehicle crash on Highway 1. The California Highway Patrol said that the 28-year-old victim was riding a 2017 Suzuki motorcycle around 6:58am on Highway 1 when a man, driving a Dodge Ram pickup, pulled onto...
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Si Se Puede opens new 30-bed facility

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday in Watsonville, Encompass Community Services celebrated the opening of a new Si Se Puede behavioral health campus on Miles...