Valley harvest continues | About Town
Tarmo Hannula
Last week fellow reporter, Johanna Miller and I drove out along San Andreas Road to get a few photos and a feel of the current agricultural scene. The strawberry fields were abuzz with harvesters. From what I could see everyone was wearing a...
President Trump says he’s tested positive for Covid-19
Update (3:40pm, 10/2)
President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon announced that he was going to Walter Reed Hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus hours prior.
"I think I'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out," he said in a...
Giant local beer distributor has small beginnings
George Couch was an ambitious 25-year-old when he came to Watsonville in 1973 and negotiated a deal to purchase a small Anheuser-Busch distributorship. It would not stay small for long.
His company Couch Distributing, which he runs with his brother Geoff, has since 1973 delivered...
Gunfire breaks out after crash on Highway 1 in Aptos
A man and his juvenile passenger were injured in a two-vehicle crash that led to gunfire Friday night on Highway 1 in Aptos.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said that around 8:40pm, deputies and California Highway Patrol officers responded to a report of a...
Annual sculpture exhibit returns to Sierra Azul Nursery
WATSONVILLE—Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens in Watsonville is once again brimming with art as Pajaro Valley Arts’ annual “Sculpture Is” exhibit returns for the 15th year.
Installed in late May and officially opened on June 7, the popular outdoor exhibit will be up through October....
Watsonville Staff of Life set to open March 30
WATSONVILLE—Staff of Life grocery store has for a half-century been a backbone of healthy eating and living in Santa Cruz County, selling organic food and natural products long before those concepts hit the mainstream.
Founders Richard Josephson and Gary Bascou launched the business as a...
Measure L backers face investigation
Greenway Capitola, a driving force behind Measure L and outspoken opponent of efforts to expand rail services in Santa Cruz County, is facing an investigation by state elections officials for inconsistencies with campaign financial filings.
LibraryLink brings Watsonville Library home
WATSONVILLE—Thanks to helping hands at the Watsonville Public Library, free library service at your home is a phone call, or email away.
LibraryLink is a long-standing outreach service designed to bring the trove of library materials to the homes of those who cannot easily leave...
Recurso de Fuerza: The homeless housing project at Westview Presbyterian Church
In Watsonville, we see the human cost of California's housing crisis every day. As homelessness rises, we face a critical choice: continue with inadequate...
