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Watsonville Fire Chief Rudy López has announced his retirement after 35 years of service to the community. His retirement will be effective Dec. 31. López...

Watsonville awarded $39 million grant for new METRO transit center

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The City of Watsonville, in partnership with Santa Cruz METRO and MidPen Housing, has been awarded a $39 million state grant to help build...

PVUSD trustees cut school employee, teacher positions

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After the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Thursday night made sweeping cuts to 78 classified positions, newly appointed Board President...

County, cities agree to purchase encrypted emergency radio system

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On Dec. 2, the Watsonville City Council approved a plan to join a countywide network of first responder agencies in a state-of-the-art emergency radio...

Photo story: A lighted Watsonville

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The front yard of this home at the corner of Hushbeck Avenue and Bronte Street in Watsonville is packed with Holiday cheer.

Interim trail will cover rails, for now

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The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) on Thursday approved a plan to develop an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail on segments 9–11...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Photo story: Handgun, stolen vehicle recovered in traffic stop

December 18, 2025

Watsonville Police process evidence Thursday night following a car stop on Hushbeck Street just after 7:30pm. While police managed to take the driver into...

K9 helps nab suspect, find drugs, cash, gun

December 7, 2025

A man was arrested Dec. 4 after Monterey County Sheriff's deputies found drugs, cash and a loaded gun in a vehicle. Around 3:15pm, detectives with...

Man dies after being run over by two vehicles

December 7, 2025

A person died late Saturday night after being run over multiple times on Salinas Road near Lewis Road in Pajaro. The California Highway Patrol...

Registered sex offender arrested again

December 7, 2025

The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against a registered sex offender who recently exposed himself to a woman in Watsonville. James Dineen,...

OPINION

PVUSD Trustees should reconsider layoff decision

December 18, 2025

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s Dec. 11 school board meeting was truly dysfunctional, and represents an extreme deviation from sound governance based on community input. The state of California gives school districts until March 15 to issue initial layoff notices. According to the California Federation of Teachers, voting for...