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Tarmo Hannula
Food: Bantam
My wife Sarah and I recently had a great dinner at Bantam on the west side of Santa Cruz. Opened in 2012 Bantam, 1010 Fair Ave.,...
Hundreds attend Wetland restoration event in Watsonville
More than 250 people joined city and state officials in celebrating World Wetlands Day on Feb. 3, part of the ongoing restoration of Struve Slough.
Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW) co-hosted the annual event with a widespread planting project, music, dance performances, arts and crafts, speeches...
Motorcyclist killed in Bridge St. crash
A man died Saturday afternoon in Watsonville when the motorcycle he was riding plowed into an SUV on Bridge Street.
Watsonville Police Sgt. Burt Iles said the man, who has not been identified, was traveling east on a Ducati motorcycle on Bridge Street at 2:25pm...
Toys for Tots hits 33 years in Pajaro Valley
WATSONVILLE—For the past 33 years, the Toys for Tots program has delivered tons of toys to children in the Pajaro Valley and around the nation, for Christmas. This year is no exception, despite a host of limitations from the ongoing pandemic.
On Nov. 12, the...
Fires, wind, lightning, blackouts strike Central Coast
By Jacob Pierce, Good Times News Editor
CENTRAL COAST—Small fires popped up around the San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay early Sunday morning as rare lightning storms struck the area, during what has already been a wild weekend for weather in Northern California and along...
Man arrested after damaging city elevator
A man was arrested Feb. 1 after surveillance footage caught him using a torch lighter to damage a city elevator.
Blooms in focus at annual Monterey Bay Dahlia Society show
The Monterey Bay Dahlia Society showcased more than 1,000 blooms at its annual Dahlia Show at the Capitola Mall on Saturday and Sunday.
With categories of individual blooms to bouquets, amateurs, first time exhibitors and open to all, the free event unfolded in the center...
Photos: Hundreds attend Watsonville’s first-ever mini comic-con event
Roughly 800 people showed up to the inaugural Nerdville, a comic-con-style event organized by Friends of Watsonville Parks and Community Services, on Sunday at the Gene Hoularis and Waldo Rodriguez Youth Center in downtown Watsonville. Organizers said they are already planning the second installment—tentatively...
City Council to consider utility rate increases
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider a series of utility rate increases over the next five years to fund infrastructure upgrades they...
