Kim De Serpa kicks off her campaign at the Shadowbrook
On June 5, Kim De Serpa kicked off her campaign for 2nd District Supervisor while celebrating her birthday at The Shadowbrook restaurant.
De Serpa will face off against Kristen Brown in the November election.
She hosted the event with more than 100 attendees, after attending several...
PHOTO: Know your local businesses
People pour into the Seascape Golf Club Wednesday afternoon for the 33rd annual Business Showcase put on by the Aptos and Capitola-Soquel Chambers of Commerce.
City asks for help to prevent dumping in Pajaro River
As part of National Water Quality Month, the City of Watsonville is reaching out to residents for help in curbing watershed pollution — primarily, illegal dumping.
Decision soon on measures, supervisor
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—As the June 7 election day draws near, voters are filling out their mail-in ballots, or are planning to make their selections via one of the several ways the Santa Cruz County Clerk has set up.
This includes possibly keeping incumbent Gov. Gavin...
Man dies in Aptos house fire
A man died in a fire that engulfed a home in Aptos late Tuesday night.
Central Fire Division Chief Nigel Miller said firefighters were met with a multi-story home on the 1900 block of Seascape Boulevard fully engulfed in flames just before 11:30pm.
“We got a...
Keeping pets safe on Fourth of July
WATSONVILLE—After months of being shuttered during the countywide response to Covid-19, Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter’s (SCCAS) Watsonville location has opened once again.
The reopening came a few days before the Fourth of July, a holiday known to cause lost pets and disrupted wildlife from...
PV Trustees pass year’s first budget report
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the district’s first interim budget report, which is a required review of how the three-year budget adopted in June is playing out through Oct. 31.
PHOTO: Snowy morning
A fence is draped with snow early Tuesday morning on Summit Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains as the freezing level dropped to about 2,000 feet overnight.
Briefs: County Fair seeks theme; Elks Lodge celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
County Fair seeks theme
The Santa Cruz County Fair announced the return of the annual fair theme contest.
The fair invites the community to submit theme ideas that would reflect the spirit of the County Fair in a few words. The theme should reflect the spirit...
Watsonville’s Poet Laureate Bañales pens new book
Watsonville Poet Laureate, Victoria Bañales will read from her new book of poetry on Oct. 2 alongside four other local poets.
“The Sun Will Not...
