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June 12, 2026

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...

Letters to the Editor, April 24-30

Keeping our eye on the Clock My father, an Air Force fighter pilot, and our family, were stationed in Yokohama Japan in 1947 as part of the post-World War II occupation force. Fortunately, I was too young to understand the magnitude of the complete obliteration...

Letters to the Editor, April 17-23

A Letter to my Republican Friends Our current president has launched what could very possibly become World War Three—a religious war that may even become nuclear. Is this really what you want for our children? If not, please call your Congressional Representatives. We only need a...
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Si Se Puede opens new 30-bed facility

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday in Watsonville, Encompass Community Services celebrated the opening of a new Si Se Puede behavioral health campus on Miles...