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October 9, 2026

Food, What?! holds benefit dinner

Food, What?! held its annual Benefit Dinner on Sept. 17 at Santa Cruz Mission State Park.

New disc golf course opens in Monterey County

A new disc golf course has opened in Royal Oaks Park, a project by the Monterey Parks and Lakes Department. Disc golf is a sport where players throw flying discs similar to frisbees into baskets or targets posted across a sprawling course.  The Royal Oaks course...

PVUSD approves Virtual Academy for upcoming year

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WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to create a virtual academy for the 2020-21 school year. The PVUSD Virtual Academy will be formed as an alternative school with its own teachers, administration and curriculum. PVUSD Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez...

Hazelwood Park taking shape

Thirteen members of the California Conservation Corps pitched in and worked with locals to help shape up the land at Hazelwood Park in Watsonville Monday.

Soquel High football team honored for earning county’s first state championship

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The Soquel High School football team paraded onto their home field Wednesday, sandwiched between the school’s band percussion team and the varsity cheerleaders in a special proclamation ceremony after becoming the first football team in Santa Cruz County to win a California Interscholastic Federation...

Photo story: Trailer breaks away from truck, flips

A California Highway Patrol officer collects information on a trailer that flipped over on East Lake Avenue at Holohan Road Monday. The CHP said the trailer, heavily loaded with trash, broke loose from the truck towing it around 12:45pm while traveling east on East...

Many bridges to Sacramento

Editor's note: This is part two of photojournalist Tarmo Hannula's recent trip to Sacramento. After exploring Grizzly Island Wildlife Area on the morning of the second day of our road trip to Sacramento recently, my wife, Sarah, and I steered toward a string of small...

Photo story: Spirit of Watsonville approaching

Paola Fregoso (left) and Lorelai Oliveira are joined by their dog, Luna, Monday in a promotion of their fireworks for sale at the Watsonville High Junior Wildcatz stand. Their temporary fireworks stand, at 716 East Lake Ave., is one of close to two dozen...

Woman dies in head-on crash in Felton

A Felton woman died early Saturday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 9 north of Felton.  The California Highway Patrol said the 80-year-old woman was driving a red 1967 Volkswagen Beetle northbound on Hwy 9 at an undetermined speed around 8:20am.  Meanwhile, a 24-year-old Santa...

Ag industry reeling from floods

PAJARO VALLEY—As the intense series of atmospheric river storms wane, many farmers and agriculture workers across the state of California are left reeling from flood impacts. Many streams, creeks and major rivers in Northern and Central California overflowed their banks during the deluge, sending water...
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Measure E rally

Community leaders host rally for Measure E

Dozens of community members and local leaders gathered at a rally Friday at Watsonville Community Hospital in support of Measure E, the temporary half-cent...
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