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February 20, 2026

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January 23, 2026

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Late heroics help ‘Catz boys squad edge Independence | CCS basketball playoffs

High School Sports

Ahmi Martin has been the main ball distributor as a point guard for the Watsonville High boys’ basketball team throughout the 2025-26 winter season. The...

Egg drop tests amateur engineers

Local News

Area youths tested their engineering skills Friday in downtown Watsonville at the 2026 Egg Drop Challenge. The 23rd annual contest celebrates National Engineers Week, which...

Public invited to anti-BESS meeting

Local News

A community meeting is set to highlight concerns about a proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on Minto Road in Watsonville. Put on by Stop...

Cabrillo names Anthony Romero interim head coach | College football

Cabrillo

The Cabrillo College Athletic Department on Thursday announced that Anthony Romero will be the interim head football coach for the upcoming 2026 fall season. Romero...

Pajaro Valley secures PCAL Cypress Division crown | Girls basketball

High School Sports

If someone would’ve told Pajaro Valley High senior Monique Ayala back in November they’d be Pacific Coast Athletic League champions come the end of...

Watsonville City Council hears traffic safety plan

Local News

The Watsonville City Council on Feb. 10 reviewed a draft Vision Zero Corridor Study aimed at reducing traffic deaths and serious injuries, particularly among...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Two crashes occur in two days in same location

February 19, 2026

A pair of crashes in two days knocked out power and tore down two utility poles a few hundred feet apart on Airport Boulevard. The...

Body identified as missing woman

February 15, 2026

A woman’s body recovered on Jan. 18 in the area of Smith Grade and Moore Ranch Road has been identified as 73-year-old Jeanne Burke,...

Photo story: Early morning crash causes power outage

February 15, 2026

This story has been updated from a previous version. A woman escaped injury when her SUV smashed into a utility pole early Sunday morning on...

McGregor Drive to close Feb. 18-19 for Highway 1 construction

February 13, 2026

McGregor Drive will be fully closed between Park Avenue and State Park Drive from 6am. to 3:30pm Wednesday, Feb. 18, and Thursday, Feb. 19,...

OPINION

At the Feb. 11 PVUSD Board meeting, trustee Gabe Medina was banned from the PV High campus for 14 days. It was a great example of deflecting the charges to blaming others for not doing enough, a practice that trustee Medina has done for the last year while on...