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March 24, 2026

Watsonville artist’s sculpture heads to Burning Man

Every year, tens of thousands of people from across the globe gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for Burning Man, an experimental festival focused on art, self-expression and community.  The week-long event has participants arrive with their own shelter, food and water, and supplies to...

Briefs: Pancreatic cancer support concert

Raising voices for pancreatic cancer An inaugural pancreatic cancer support concert has been set for Nov. 19 at Bargetto Winery in Soquel. The one-night event features Uma Dobia, a popular Australian singer who will perform opera and show tunes.  Marina Thomas, a Watsonville pianist, will be...

Man, 82, dies in Watsonville mobile home fire

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A man died late Saturday night in a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Watsonville.

Protest delays Spirit of Watsonville Parade

A group of protesters calling for the closure of detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border delayed the start of the annual Spirit of Watsonville parade by roughly 25 minutes on Thursday.

Briefs

Mental Health Advisory Board The Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board will meet June 20 from 3-5pm at 1400 Emeline Ave., Rooms 206-207 in Santa Cruz. The nonprofit commission reports to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. Youth in Action Summit Santa Cruz County Friday Night...

Nominations open for annual Be the Difference Awards

The call for nominations for the 13th Annual Be the Difference Awards went out Monday.

Firefighter caps 34-year career in Watsonville

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Kirt Vojvoda, Battalion Chief with Watsonville Fire Department, hung up his helmet June 23 and stepped into the world of retirement after 34 years of battling fires, car crash rescues, medical calls, false alarms, hazardous materials spills and more. The Watsonville native, whose grandfather was...

New mayor, council members sworn in

The crowd attending Watsonville City Council’s meeting got a surprise Tuesday evening as Speaker of the California Assembly Robert Rivas and his entourage entered the council chambers just in time for him to swear in Kristal Salcido and Maria Orozco as Watsonville’s new mayor...

KSQD flooded

KSQD treasurer Mathilde Rand
Sometime during the late-night hours Sunday, as hours-long rainfall pounded the Central Coast, water gushed through a telecommunications conduit leading into KSQD radio station, flooding the studio floors and sending the few staffers that were working scrambling to get sensitive electronic equipment off the...

PVUSD Trustees approve retention bonuses, other incentives

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WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 24 approved a series of bonuses and supplemental payments aimed at retaining teachers and school employees. Every teacher, school worker and administrator employed since April 1—and who plans to stay with the district through...
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Deputies: Man drove stolen car to face charges for stealing a...

A man was arrested Tuesday for driving a stolen car to the Monterey County Superior Courthouse in Salinas, where he was scheduled to appear...