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PHOTO: 15th annual Down to Earth Women Luncheon

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Lynn Drummond (from left), Jaedyn Kett and Leisa Kett wear fancy hats to the 15th annual Down to Earth Women Luncheon Thursday at Driscoll’s Rancho Corralitos. The two-hour event, under pleasant sunny skies, is for women who are involved in, or support local agriculture...

Watsonville clinic reaches 40 years

Jeffrey Solinas was a freshman in UC Santa Cruz when he decided to become a doctor. In truth, that decision came in the form of a mandate, he said. “My grandmother told me I had to be a doctor,” he said with a grin as he...

Business briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Business briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Factory Sale draws holiday shoppers

Everywhere else has Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, but only Watsonville has the Holiday Factory Sale.

Central Coast water agencies grapple with storm impacts

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...

4-car crash snarls morning commute

The California Highway Patrol sorts out a four-vehicle crash on Highway 1 just south of 41st Avenue in Capitola Monday morning.

Dead body investigated as suspicious

A man found dead on Saturday along North Rodeo Gulch Road has been identified as Bernardo Rodas, 41, of Santa Cruz.

Community briefs, March 15, 2019

Community briefs, March 15, 2019

Watsonville woman chosen as Poet Laureate

Victoria Bañales was the first in her family to attend college, but like many young people she was unsure where her path would take her.  She changed her major several times before settling on a path. That was after she made a discovery about her...
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MVC’s Anna Conca sets course record at Knights’ Joust cross country...

Monte Vista Christian sophomore Anna Conca put on a record-breaking performance at last week’s 4th Annual Fighting Knights’ Joust cross country invitational in Belmont. The...