Watsonville affordable housing project scores $2M loan
WATSONVILLE—A 53-unit affordable housing development planned for the heart of Freedom Boulevard received a $2 million loan thanks to Monterey Bay Economic Partnership and Housing Trust Silicon Valley, the agencies announced Thursday evening.
The development will bring much-needed affordable housing for families earning 20-60% of...
PHOTO: A special memory during Arbor Week
In celebration of Arbor Week, students from New School, the Web of Life Field School and the Environmental Science Workshop team up with workers from the City of Watsonville to plant 13 trees at Seaview Ranch Thursday.
Flooded creek tears away chunk of Soquel’s Main Street
SOQUEL—More than 1,000 Soquel residents are trapped in their neighborhood after raging waters tore away a huge chunk of Main Street early Thursday morning.
According to Santa Cruz County spokesman Jason Hoppin, the damage began around 3am, as Bates Creek, which flows under North Main...
Briefs: Corralitos Grange awards scholarship
CHP will be on full alert for Memorial Day
The California Highway Patrol will conduct a Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) starting at 6pm on Friday and continuing through 11:59pm on Monday, which is Memorial Day. During that time, all available CHP officers will be out...
COVID-19 Daily Update: More than 70 cases in Santa Cruz, Monterey counties combined
A majority of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Monterey County are in people 49 years old or younger.
That’s according to data released by county officials Saturday, which provided new details on the age, gender and region of residence of the county's 34 confirmed cases.
Twenty-one...
Five injured in first tornado in Scotts Valley history
At least 5 people were injured in Scotts Valley’s first-ever tornado on record, authorities said.
Matt Mehle, a meteorologist NWS for Bay Area / Monterey Bay region, said based on radar imagery, pictures and videos, and eyewitness accounts, they’d determined a tornado touched down in...
Santa Cruz Warriors headed to G League ‘bubble’ in Florida
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...
Cosmetology class helps Watsonville students prepare for prom
WATSONVILLE—A little more than one year ago, Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz Adult School opened the county’s only beauty and cosmetology school.
The program is one of the school’s many offerings that include English classes, citizenship and certified nursing assistant certificates.
As part of the cosmetology program, students offer...
Photo story: Firefighters quell Brennan Street house fire
Watsonville firefighters deal with a fire that erupted at a single-story home on the 100 block of Brennan Street Sunday evening. They were dispatched...
