PV Quilt Show returns to fairgrounds Feb. 26-27
WATSONVILLE—Twice a month, a group of local quilt makers gathers inside the Codiga Center & Museum at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds to create quilts for the community.
The Apple Piecers, as they call themselves, are a nonprofit that makes up to 200 quilts per...
Crash sends man to trauma center
A man was flown to a trauma center with major injuries Friday night after a collision at Main Street and South Green Valley Road, Watsonville Police Sgt. Michael Ridgway said.
New hardware store coming to Capitola
CAPITOLA—A new branch of Outdoor Supply Hardware (OSH) is slated for a Jan. 6 opening in the former Orchard Supply Hardware store on 41st Avenue.
Ryan Odell, store manager at the Napa OSH branch, said the company will run a soft opening in the first...
Photo story: Goat Hill Fair antique show returns to fairgrounds
Deb Moore sets up a display of vintage felt Pennants Thursday at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds as part of the the two-day Goat Hill Fair, an antiques and vintage show and sale.
It opened early Friday morning and runs through Saturday, and has filled...
The illuminated forests at Roaring Camp
A lighted stroll beneath giant old-growth redwoods is now on the list of things to do at Roaring Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
In addition to the lengthy list of events such as their Father’s Day Barbecue, Mother’s Day Brunch, the Moonlight Dinner Train...
World’s reported Covid death toll passes 4 Million
The world’s known coronavirus death toll passed 4 million Thursday, a loss roughly equivalent to the population of Los Angeles, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
It took nine months for the virus to claim 1 million lives,...
With Measure M passage, PVUSD planning projects
Measure M, which will raise millions of dollars for construction, rebuilding and maintenance projects at each of Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s 35 schools has passed, and officials are starting to make plans for the money.
As of Friday, the measure garnered 57.5% of the...
PVUSD trustees reject some cuts, approve others during raucous meeting
Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s governing board on Tuesday rejected two proposals to reduce teachers and staff, and approved three other reduction resolutions during a raucous, contentious meeting that included bickering between trustees and heckling from attendees in the packed boardroom.
That heckling came to...
RTC looks to federal, state government to fill rail funding gap
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) will seek funding from the state and federal government to support construction planning for a passenger...
