Casa de la Cultura giveaway draws 350 families
Nearly 350 families took part in the annual Casa de la Cultura Food and Gift Christmas Giveaway.
Aptos artist specializes in, teaches encaustic art
Encaustic painting is a technique using paint made from melted beeswax combined with color pigments.
Flu season decimates blood supplies
This year’s severe influenza season is wreaking havoc, keeping legions of children home from school and adults from work, but it is also having another effect.
PHOTO: Preparing to plant
Students from E.A. Hall Middle School worked together to unload planks of wood and bags of soil into their school's garden on Tuesday.
Blazing a path for women
Maria Campos and Gina Gallino Cole were honored during a ceremony put on by the Wonderful Women of Watsonville committee at the Watsonville Woman’s Club Tuesday afternoon.
Turning the tables on thanks
Years ago, a customer of the 7-Eleven store at 261 East Lake Ave. brought a turkey dinner to employees who were working on Thanksgiving. In the 10 years since that day, the lottery-style giveaway has become a Thanksgiving tradition.
New sex charges for doctor, women
Santa Cruz neurosurgeon James Joel Kohut, who is already accused of numerous child sex charges, appeared in court Thursday morning, where he pleaded not guilty to 32 additional felony counts.
Watsonville High School takes on ‘She Kills Monsters’
The Watsonville High School drama department is presenting “She Kills Monsters,” a play that combines fantasy, high school angst, gender and familial estrangement.
PVUSD board to mull ‘stay-away letter’ for Medina
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board Trustee Gabe Medina could be restricted from entering the Pajaro Valley High School campus after a confrontation with...





















