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For the first time in 16 years, the Watsonville Transit Center has a customer service booth.

Tuesday's ceremony, now in its 19th year, honors people who have died during the year while homeless. It is in many cases the only service they will receive.

With autumn on the horizon, many local residents look forward to the first social event to celebrate the harvest season in the Pajaro Valley, our annual fundraiser, an Evening of Wine and Roses. This year’s event, which raises funds to support diabetes prevention efforts, health education, oral healthcare, scholarships for students in the health professions, and other health promotion efforts, will be held

What started in 1991 as a way for their children to ride on a begonia-covered float down Soquel Creek has turned into a multigenerational affair for the neighbors of Riverview Terrace.

On Monday, the Trump administration is expected to announce whether or not it will extend El Salvador's Temporary Protected Status designation for another 18 months. In response to the upcoming decision, Congressman Jimmy Panetta spoke at the Watsonville Civic Plaza’s Community Room on Friday.

During a seven-month stint as a combat medic in Mosul, Iraq, Watsonville High School graduate Chris Lint treated scores of injured people. One of these was a woman with a bullet wound in her thigh.

If a group of rail supporters has its way, Watsonville residents will be able to commute to jobs in Santa Cruz, or through the Pajaro connection to San Jose and beyond on a train.

Local farmworkers and Watsonville Police have been building a friendly relationship over the past couple years through a unique program known as "Agua con la Chota," or "Water With a Cop."

As thousands of people are evacuated from some of the worst wildfires in California history, firefighters from throughout the state are heading into Napa County to help quell the blazes and protect the buildings that have not yet burned.

Observations from around Watsonville.