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June 27, 2026

Mayor’s monthly update: Watsonville Municipal Airport inspiring curiosity and creating opportunities

Watsonville Municipal Airport is one of our community’s most unique assets.  While many people may think of airports simply as places where aircraft take off and land, our airport has become so much more. Today, it serves as a hub for education, innovation, community engagement,...

Letters to the Editor – June 5-11

Pesticide use in the Santa Cruz county  Pesticides are not only harming farmworkers but also us. Pesticide use is a huge problem that is especially affecting us since we are surrounded by agriculture. It is very important to find new ways to control invasive pests,...

Support Elias Gonzales in District 4 race

Over four decades ago, Watsonville made national headlines when rank-and-file workers at Watsonville Canning, who had been on strike for eighteen months, triumphantly returned to work on their own terms. Strike leader Cuca Lomeli stated, “Perhaps up ahead, we can change the future in...

Reading fiction helped me understand life better than social media

Editor's note: Julia Crossen is a 17-year-old junior at Monte Vista Christian School. We want to hear from other young people. Email [email protected] ••• Books today hold exciting stories with deep messages you can’t find scrolling social media.  Social media consumes all of our time and devours...

May 17, under the eucalyptus trees

Editor’s note: this op-ed is from Sarah Weaver, a resident of the homeless encampment on Airport Boulevard that was cleared this week. She wrote it the day before police were expected to enforce a removal order by the property owner. ••• The anxiety and fear of...

Letters to the Editor – May 15-21

Local leaders should enact strong BESS rules Leaders of the County of Santa Cruz and City of Watsonville have a great responsibility to protect the health and safety of the Watsonville Community and all first responders by drafting and codifying a strong battery energy storage...

Nothing holy about this war

After President Trump's military executed “Operation Midnight Hammer” June 22 of last year, he proclaimed that “Iran's nuclear facilities have been obliterated, and suggestions otherwise are fake news.”  So when the administration initiated “Operation Epic Fury” on Feb. 28 this year in conjunction with Israel...

Letters to the Editor – May 8-14

High standards needed for Minto Road BESS facility Battery energy storage may be part of California’s clean-energy future. I am not opposed to it. But clean energy should not become a shortcut around local accountability. The proposed Minto Road BESS project would place an industrial-scale battery...

Letters to the Editor, May1-7

Who Really Saved Watsonville Community Hospital Tony Nunez’s claim that he “saved” Watsonville Community Hospital is simply not credible. The hospital remains in a fragile financial position, with tens of millions in debt and ongoing concerns raised in a recent audit presented to the Pajaro Valley...

Is the populist far-right beginning to lose support?

A shocking political event took place in Europe last month. On the strength of a 74% turnout—the largest in Hungary's history—prime minister Viktor Orban's 16 year tenure came to an abrupt end when opposition leader Peter Magyar and his Tisza party defied the odds...
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Nuñez wins Santa Cruz County supervisor race 

Tony Nuñez will be the next Santa Cruz County Supervisor representing the 4th District after final election results certified Friday showed he secured an...