Palms planted at transit center
The Parks and Community Services Department recently planted four large Queen Palms in front of the Watsonville Transit Center on Rodriguez Street.
PHOTO: Forestation of Watsonville
Hannah Rodriguez and Ryan Barton of the California Conservation Corps team up to set support stakes around a young cork oak tree April 20 behind Ramsay Park as part of the Watsonville Community Forest program. Watsonville Wetlands Watch and the City of Watsonville received...
Freedom Rotary donates to organizations
The Freedom Rotary Club presented grants to three local organizations during its Tuesday meeting.
County leaders proclaim April Child Abuse Prevention Month
Teaming up with local leaders, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Cruz County on March 29 proclaimed April as the county’s Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Time of honor: Santa Cruz County remembers 9/11
Watsonville Fire Battalion Chief Almita Schaefer tells students at Moreland Notre Dame School about the risks and rewards of being a firefighter Wednesday on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Students and staff at the campus each year have welcomed law...
County installs dumping surveillance cameras
The County of Santa Cruz has begun installing surveillance cameras at key locations in unincorporated areas of the County to help prevent illegal dumping, a strategy to protect the environment and help keep Santa Cruz County clean.
Illegal dumping costs local taxpayers nearly half a...
Briefs: Elks Lodge holding car show
The Watsonville Elks Car and Truck Show will take place Saturday from 10am to 3pm at 121 Martinelli St.
The show will feature music by DJ Marshall Jaurigi and tri-tip sandwiches.
Judging will take place at 2pm.
All money raised will go to the...
Open Studios Art Tour brings art home
The 39th annual Open Studios Art Tour is on deck to invite the public into the studios of local artists Oct. 5-20.
The tour spans across the county over three weekends during the North County, South County and final All County tours.
The 2024 tour includes...
Watsonville Hospital Board mulling public bond, hires consultant
Plans to bring Watsonville Community Hospital—and the property on which it sits—into public ownership took a giant step forward Wednesday.
The Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHD) Board of Directors approved a proposal to hire Isom Advisors, a municipal bond advisory firm that will help...
Closure set for highway work
Highway 129 will be completely shut down starting April 30 for five days.
PVUSD Trustees to revisit teacher layoff vote
A little more than one week after voting to eliminate roughly 80 teacher positions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will...
