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Twenty local high school students are spending their summer getting a first-hand look at how Watsonville’s government works.

A little more than one month after the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission approved a contract allowing a new company to take over freight rail operations in Watsonville, the commission is facing a lawsuit.

Recent efforts to clean Pinto Lake have been largely successful, with harmful algae blooms drastically reduced, and no closures for more than a year.

Dozens of children gathered at Pajaro Park Monday morning, where they went through several drills designed to teach them the fundamentals of soccer. The kids — 75 in all – were participating in Aztecas Summer Soccer Camp, a program created to give low-income kids a constructive summertime activity.

Hundreds of people walk the miles of trails along the Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek daily. But as crews are in the midst of a major repair project along the levees, city officials are advising residents to stay off the trails.

The American Cancer Society got a major boost from Watsonville this weekend when the annual Relay For Life at Watsonville High School raised nearly $60,000.

A man managed to evade police Friday morning in Santa Cruz after allegedly leading them on a high-speed chase in a stolen Mercedes Benz, police said.

Voters will decide in November if the city should increase its transient occupancy tax by one percent after the Watsonville City Council agreed to put the issue on the ballot Tuesday.

Workers are engaged in construction projects at more than a dozen schools throughout Pajaro Valley Unified School District, all funded by Measure L.

Crews began rolling heavy equipment along the Pajaro River levee system recently to repair damage caused by the winter storms of 2017.