Annual apple pie contest announced; deadline Sept. 3
The Santa Cruz County Fair is fast-approaching, and with it comes the 43rd annual Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Apple Pie Baking Contest.
Popular local band to perform at 11th annual Testicle Festival
The Testicle Festival, put on every year by the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, will be held on Aug. 24, 3-7 p.m., at Estrada Deer Camp in Watsonville.
Pajaro Valley Pride returns Sunday
For the past four years, local non-profit organization Pajaro Valley Pride has held its very own celebration and march in downtown Watsonville, aiming to bring awareness to and support the LGBT+ community of South County.
A day for the Aromas community
Aromas Day is celebrating its 30th year on Aug. 25., bringing the community together for family fun in the heart of the small rural town.
A new path
Watsonville Prep School, which is run by Navigator Schools, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, an event attended by parents, students, teachers and administrators.
Two arrested in connection with Santa Cruz shootings
Michael Trabue Day, 19, of San Jose, and Enrique Rocha, 20, of Watsonville, were charged with attempted homicide, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and participation in a criminal street gang. They were booked into Santa Cruz County Jail in lieu of $900,000 bail, jail records showed.
Dahlias up close
The annual Dahlia Show by the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society will run Aug. 24-25 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.
Letters to the Editor Nov. 14-20
PVUSD cuts necessary
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is finally being forced to face financial reality. Many of the positions now being eliminated were...
















