Guitarist returns to Watsonville
Guitarist Chris Cain will be bringing his style of jazz-tinged, blues-soaked guitar and vocals to the ballroom of the Appleton Grill, 410 Rodriguez St. in Watsonville, on Friday.
Photo: PV Chamber Business Expo returns
Visitors file past various tables Thursday at the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s Spring Fling Business Expo and Job Fair.
Held at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, 82 businesses, organizations and agencies set up information tables to meet and greet the public,...
PHOTO: Murphy Road temporarily closed
Workers from Public Works of Monterey County have closed Murphy Road where it crosses the Pajaro River. County spokeswoman Maia Carroll said officials expect the current storm system to increase the level of the Pajaro River enough to overtop Murphy Road. The low water...
Commercial crab fishing season delayed until at least Nov. 15
The recreational dungeness crab season will open statewide beginning Nov. 2.
But the use of traps will be temporarily prohibited between the Sonoma/Mendocino County line and Lopez Point in Monterey County when the season opens due to presence of humpback whales and potential for entanglement...
Community speaks out on pesticide plan
Members of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation presented a plan Monday that aims to strengthen the way the state regulates agricultural pesticides.
The seven-page Draft Strategic Plan 2024-28 was presented in Watsonville to a crowd of about 50 people at the Ramsay Park Family...
Group urging statewide adoption of childcare safety plan
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrest undocumented immigrants—there were more than 65,000 in custody as of Nov. 16, according to the website tracereports.org—their children are often left behind with no plan in place to care for them.
The Childcare Safety Plan Coalition (CSPC)—a...
Photo story: Handgun, stolen vehicle recovered in traffic stop
Watsonville Police process evidence Thursday night following a car stop on Hushbeck Street just after 7:30pm. While police managed to take the driver into...
