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Work continues on new bike/pedestrian bridge spanning Highway 1

Construction continues on a new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing of Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz as part of the Highway 1 Corridor Project.  Plans call for construction of north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements on Highway 1 between the 41st...

Pair arrested for killing FFA animals, stealing pig

Two people were arrested in Hollister on Feb. 6 after they allegedly broke into Hollister High School’s livestock section and slaughtered a pig and a goat. The pair then loaded the pig’s carcass into a school wheelbarrow and left, the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office...

Helping those that help–Jacob’s Heart gets art supply donation

Jacob’s Heart Family Center got an extra boost on Feb. 8 when members of the West San Jose - Campbell Lions Club delivered 200 art kits to the Watsonville center. Lion’s Club members Dave Kaplow and Gayle Kludt hand delivered the kits that included drawing...

Watsonville City Council ends zoom participation option at public meetings

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The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday voted to end public comment via Zoom at its meetings, a decision spurred by two racist 'zoom bomb' calls made anonymously on Oct. 24. The city of Capitola also experienced so-called “Zoom-bombs” around the same time. In the calls, both...

Panetta hoping to continue his mission

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Editor’s note: this is the final installment of our pre-election coverage, as voters mull their mail-in ballot and make their decisions. A story on Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s  Green Party opponent ran on Feb. 8. Republican challenger Jason Michael Anderson did not respond to a...

Watsonville officials, residents mull city’s General Plan

More than 100 people spent their Saturday morning in the community room of the Watsonville Civic building, where they joined the City Council and other officials in discussions about Watsonville’s General Plan. The council made no official decisions during the informal meeting, which was one...

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...

Seventeen Years and Counting: New Editor Welcomes Input

When I walked into the newsroom of the Register-Pajaronian for the first time in 2007, I felt an incredible weight of responsibility. Watsonville, after all, is a community that began even before John Watson established it in the 1850s. The land was originally inhabited by...

News Briefs

This section is for items of community interest that did not make it into our print edition. To submit a news brief, email [email protected]. Celebrate Piano Ensemble annual benefit Celebrate Piano Ensemble will present their annual benefit concert at Peace United Church of Christ on...

Measure N Campaign Kicks Off

Several dozen volunteers gathered in Community Bridges’ atrium Saturday morning to begin a door-knocking campaign they hope will garner the required two-thirds majority vote for Measure N, which would raise $116 million for Watsonville Community Hospital.  The measure, on the ballot for the March 5...
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Community invited to National Night Out

The public is invited to National Night Out, a series of gatherings held in communities throughout Santa Cruz County on Aug. 5 from 3-7pm. National...