PHOTOS: Watsonville celebrates Mexican Independence Day
Live music and folkloric dance performances unfolded in Watsonville Plaza Friday evening thanks to the Watsonville Film Festival and Cabrillo College’s Hispanic Serving Institution Week. Mexican Fiesta was a two-hour free family event that featured Mariachi Juvenil Corazón Jaliscience from Hollister and Laura Rebolloso,...
Man arrested for sexual abuse lasting 'several years'
A 19-year-old Watsonville man was arrested Thursday after an underage girl told police he had been sexually abusing her for several years.
Local teens introduced to policing in Watsonville
Forty-three young people got a front row seat this week in what it is like to be a police officer, thanks to the second annual Watsonville Police Youth Academy.
Staged at the Pajaro Valley High campus, the free one-week course (July 10-14) is designed to...
County Supervisors approve budget, financial troubles on horizon
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the 2024-25 proposed budget, a $1.12 billion plan that, while balanced, forecasts future financial troubles amplified by a projected $45 state billion budget deficit, and by more than $100 million in disaster costs that...
PHOTO: Car knocked onto sidewalk
Emergency officials check on a VW Golf that ended up on a Main Street sidewalk Friday following a two-vehicle crash.
Relay For Life returns to Watsonville this weekend
Relay For Life of Watsonville last year raised $115,207, and has totaled roughly $1.4 million over its 17-year run.
Escaped county jail inmates caught
SALINAS — The two men that escaped from the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility early Saturday have been captured.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said 21-year-old Santos Samuel Fonseca and 20-year-old Jonathan Salazar, who were both awaiting trial on unrelated murder charges and other felony...
Watsonville Police Department holds awards ceremony for outstanding employees
Dozens of law enforcement and emergency first responders gathered in the Watsonville City Council Chambers Wednesday for a promotional and award ceremony honoring Watsonville police and employees, and a county prosecutor.
“The nature of our work requires us to be efficient, moving from call to...
Community briefs, May 25: Memorial Day ceremony honors fallen soldiers
Community briefs, May 25, 2017
Photo story: A lighted Watsonville
The front yard of this home at the corner of Hushbeck Avenue and Bronte Street in Watsonville is packed with Holiday cheer.


















