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March 30, 2026

Fiesta Mexicana features film, dance and musical performances

Watsonville Film Festival is partnering with Cabrillo College’s “Hispanic Serving Institution Week” to celebrate Mexican Independence Day at the Watsonville Plaza on Friday from 5-7:30pm.  This free family event will feature live music by Mariachi Juvenil Corazón Jaliscience from Hollister and Laura Rebolloso, a singer,...

Photo story: Handgun, stolen vehicle recovered in traffic stop

Watsonville Police process evidence Thursday night following a car stop on Hushbeck Street just after 7:30pm. While police managed to take the driver into custody, two people fled down Center Street on foot. Police found a handgun at the scene and recovered a stolen...

Briefs: Mayor’s bike ride; Son con Son performance

Go for a bike ride with the mayor Friends of Watsonville Parks and Community Services invites the public to join Watsonville Mayor Eduardo Montesino for a short, scenic and family-friendly bike ride along the Pajaro River levee on Saturday from 10am to 11am.  The ride will...

Mural ushers in new Silver Circle room at Watsonville Hospital

WATSONVILLE—A group of four local artists is creating a mural inside the Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley’s (CHT) building at Watsonville Hospital (WCH), where the volunteer-led Silver Circle senior program has found a new home. Kati D’Amore, Joyce Oroz, Linda Bjornson and Joanne Andrews...

Santa Cruz Warriors headed to G League ‘bubble’ in Florida

Santa Cruz Warriors NBA G League logo
The Santa Cruz Warriors will get the opportunity to play some basketball this year.  The NBA’s development league announced the 2020-21 season will start as soon as February. But they’ll be doing so nearly 3,000 miles away from the Santa Cruz team’s normal home of...

Watsonville mural project nears end

Work is underway to complete the 10th and final phase of the five-year Watsonville Brillante mosaic downtown art project that is splashed across the otherwise dull concrete walls of the six-floor parking garage on Rodriguez Street.  A ribbon-cutting street party is now set for Oct....

Man facing slew of child sex abuse charges had ties to County, officials say

A South Lake Tahoe resident was arrested last week on 99 felony counts related to child sex abuse, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said. Christopher Scott Flanders, 51, was previously a resident in several areas of Santa Cruz County, including Watsonville, Boulder Creek and...

Police looking for Utah woman missing from Rio Del Mar State Beach

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is looking for Danielle Staley, 35, who was last seen on Nov. 6, around 11:23pm near Rio Del Mar State Beach. New information indicates she may be at risk, and foul play may be involved, SCSO said. She is described...

Photo story: Fire at historic hotel quickly quelled

Watsonville police assist firefighters at a structure fire at the Resetar Residential Hotel Wednesday afternoon on Main Street at West Lake Ave. Watsonville Battalion Chief Almita Schaefer said that the fire, which started just after 3pm, was contained to one apartment on the second floor.  There...

College Lake water pipeline project moving forward

College Lake Pipeline Project
One mile of the College Lake Pipeline Project in Watsonville has now been completed, with five miles to go.  The project calls for six miles of 30-inch water main to transport treated water from a new College Lake facility on Holohan Road to more than...
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Letters to the Editor, March 27-April 2

Regarding benefit caps The local teacher’s union, PVFT, has been loudly crying during negotiations with the school district, PVUSD, to not put a cap on...