Aptos/La Selva fire district welcomes new chief
Aaron Lowe has been tapped as the new fire chief of the Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District, the board of directors recently announced.
Workers walk off job, citing company inaction
More than 100 raspberry harvesters walked off the job Wednesday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices by Watsonville-based Premiere Raspberries LLC.
Helping teachers land homes
A San Francisco company that helps teachers purchase homes got a boost recently with a $500,000 investment by Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.
Watsonville Diesel open for business
More than a year after breaking ground on its new facility at 101 Aviation Way, Watsonville Diesel is up and running
Japanese exchange students visit Graniterock quarry
Every year, groups of Japanese middle school students visit Watsonville, meeting their American counterparts and kicking off a weeklong exchange program that often turns into a lifelong friendship.
Tony's Thoughts: Curry, you the real MVP
Three NBA Finals for Curry — a two-time regular season MVP and the league’s first-ever unanimous selection — and zero Finals MVP trophies. And it looked like he couldn’t care less as the confetti fell and he captured his second league championship in thre
Fire departments welcome new recruits
In a ceremony that drew nearly 100 people on Friday afternoon, Watsonville Fire Department and Central Fire Protection District welcomed their newest members in Twin Lakes Church’s Monscke Hall.
A flurry of work
Workers are busy with 50 construction and renovation projects at 27 sites throughout Pajaro Valley Unified School District, thanks to Measure L, the $150 million bond approved by voters in 2012.
Group floats affordable housing measure
A newly-formed group hopes to convince the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to place a bond measure on the November 2018 ballot that would fund affordable housing projects.
Crews clean up Struve Slough
Crews descended on Struve Slough Thursday, halfway through a three-day project that not only cleared the overgrowth, but disposed of the trash left behind from homeless encampments.
Aptos wins first-ever CCS championship in school history | Boys soccer
The Aptos High boys’ soccer team went on an unprecedented postseason run during the 2025-26 winter season.
It began with bringing home the program’s first-ever...























