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A previously announced 24-hour closure of Highway 1 in Capitola, scheduled to begin Saturday March 23 at 7pm and run until 7pm Sunday, has been postponed due to weather. Caltran spokesperson Kevin Drabinski said scrubbing the demolition of the Capitola Avenue Bridge was put on...

PAJARO—Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District, the agency that provides water to the Pajaro area, has lifted a do-not-drink order that came in the wake of the March 11 flood. The April 7 decision came nearly a month after the Pajaro River levee broke and released...

MONTEREY COUNTY—A Pajaro man has pleaded no contest to rape of a minor under 14, lewd acts with a child under 14 and assault with the intent to commit a lewd act. Arturo Murguia Rodriguez, 21, is facing 15 years in prison when he is...

Observations from around the Pajaro Valley.

In late September, Watsonville Municipal Airport Director Rayvon Williams was named as this year’s Michael A. Shutt Award recipient. Then on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will distribute $83,575 to the airport for a zero-emissions vehicle and infrastructure...

Members of VFW Post 1716 get help from Watsonville Fire Department Thursday in replacing two flags that once flew above the VFW building on Freedom Boulevard. Thieves recently stole the American flag and a POW/MIA flag along with the rope. Veteran Bob Erbe (center,...

WATSONVILLE—El proceso de solicitud para las subvenciones de emergencia para pequeñas empresas de la Ciudad de Watsonville se inauguró Martes. Con la ayuda de El Pajaro Community Development Corporation, la ciudad ofrecerá aproximadamente 50 subvenciones de hasta $2,000 a pequeñas empresas ubicadas dentro de los...

SANTA CRUZ — The woman accused of stabbing her husband to death inside their residence in the Aptos hills in August is now allowed to see her children for supervised visits. That was the agreement reached Friday by prosecutors and defense attorneys in the case...