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April 3, 2026

Aptos’ Ella Porter makes debut in professional flag football league

Aptos High senior Ella Porter trained for seven days a week on her craft as the quarterback for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League...

WHS standout heads to Stanford

Watsonville High School senior Acuzena Sandoval had her pick of colleges — from several UC campuses to the Ivy League. She chose Stanford. The decision capped...

Wedding dresses over the years

One hundred years of wedding dresses from local women, spanning each decade between 1890 to 1990, are now on display at the Pajaro Valley...

New Leaf Energy may seek state approval for Minto Road BESS facility

New Leaf Energy, the company proposing a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility for Minto Road in Watsonville, has submitted a pre-application to the...

4.6 magnitude earthquake rattles Central Coast

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake centered in Boulder Creek rattled the Central Coast at 1:41am Thursday morning, with tremors felt as far north as Santa Rosa,...

Group seeking buffer zone for pesticides around schools

Adam Scow stood on the edge of a strawberry farm behind Pajaro Middle School Monday morning as he held a map showing similar fields...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Man found with illegal gun

A Watsonville man was arrested for possession an illegal gun early Sunday morning following a traffic stop by the California Highway Patrol. CHP officer Israel...

Photo story: One injured in head-on crash

Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on the 2500 block of Freedom Boulevard. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of...

Deputies: Man drove stolen car to face charges for stealing a...

A man was arrested Tuesday for driving a stolen car to the Monterey County Superior Courthouse in Salinas, where he was scheduled to appear...

Santa Cruz stabbing suspect identified

Police have identified the man suspected of stabbing two people in Santa Cruz on Saturday as Robert David Worel, 32.  The Santa Cruz Police Department...

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Rabbi Debbie Israel
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday night, April 1. On Passover night, Jews conduct a communal meal in their homes, called a seder.  The word seder means “order”, because the meal and its accompanying rituals are conducted in a special prescribed order. We learn the order by reading from...

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WHS standout heads to Stanford

Watsonville High School senior Acuzena Sandoval had her pick of colleges — from several UC campuses to the Ivy League. She chose Stanford. The decision capped...

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