Mixing Bowl: Senegalese Peanut Soup
Imagine a rich and creamy soup that contains no meat or dairy.
It’s crazy what the right blend of vegetables and herbs can create. It’s also testimony to human creativity.
This recipe is from the Sweet Home Café Cookbook by Albert Lukas.
Bay leaves are one of...
Students help spruce up Struve Slough
The organization responsible for keeping Watsonville’s wetlands healthy joined forces with city officials and a herd of volunteers Saturday to spruce up the Struve Slough trail.
Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW) Director Jonathan Pilch said the effort included planting 15 coast live oak trees and bringing...
Dutra keeps seat on Watsonville City Council
Watsonville City Councilman Jimmy Dutra has fended off a challenge from Trina Coffman-Gomez to hold onto his Sixth District seat, garnering a weighty 54% of the 2,321 votes in the race, results released Friday showed.
“I’m really excited,” he says. “The people have spoken, and...
Capitola looks to replace historic Stockton Bridge
The City of Capitola is considering replacing the heavily traveled Stockton Avenue Bridge that spans Soquel Creek in the heart of the village.
Constructed in 1934, the beam bridge with three openings and two support piers is prone to trap large woody debris during heavy...
Touring the west by bike
As a slight sprinkle started to dampen the streets of Watsonville Friday afternoon, Felix Hindahl rolled into Watsonville Plaza on a bicycle laden with panniers, handlebar bags, electronics and other gear.
That—and the 20-year-old Hanover, Germany native’s bicycling attire—spoke of someone serious about long road...
Protest, film target pesticide regulations
About 40 people gathered outside the CineLux Green Valley Cinema in Watsonville Friday to protest new regulations by the Department of Pesticide Regulation regarding 1,3-dichloropropene, also called Telone, a pesticide widely used in California.
The event, sponsored by Safe Ag Safe Schools (SASS) and Future...
De Serpa clinches Second District Supervisor seat
Kim De Serpa has held her seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees for more than a decade. In her full-time professional life she serves as social services manager for Salinas valley Memorial Healthcare System.
Now, she says she is ready...
Photo story: local butchers ready for holiday meat orders
Freedom Meat Lockers General Manager Sarah Lewis is joined by Jeff Bassmann with their award-winning hams as they brace for holiday orders. Lewis said their business is getting turkeys and other meat products at lower costs than previous years, “and we’re glad to pass...
Core funding process leaves nonprofits perplexed, officials frustrated
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday cast a split vote to allocate $3.79 million in Collective of Results and Evidence-based (CORE) funds to 28 nonprofits after a contentious discussion that prompted many to question the transparency of the process.
In all, more...
Photo story: man found dead on levee
Watsonville Police secure a crime scene around a section of the Pajaro River levee Saturday morning where a passerby discovered the body of a man hanging from a tree around 9am. Watsonville Police said it appeared the man had been hanging from the tree...
‘Catz’s boys’ soccer suffers second-half collapse in loss to Salinas |...
Watsonville High sophomore Justin Alfaro scored in the Wildcatz’s 3-1 loss to Salinas High in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys soccer action...
