A warm tradition: Store owners thank customers with free turkeys
After 11 years of giving free Thanksgiving turkeys to their customers, 7-Eleven owners Sherry Dang and Kirk di Cicco recently got a gift of their own.
Project creates outdoor educators, protectors
Fourth-graders from Hall District Elementary School visited the Carneros Creek Outdoor Classroom on Friday, the final phase of the Be a Park Ranger Project, which aimed to turn them into outdoor enthusiasts and educators over the course of 11 visits.
Flipped big rig closes Hwy 1 offramp at Riverside Drive
Emergency officials on Wednesday were studying the scene of a big rig that rolled over on the southbound exit from Highway 1 at Riverside Drive Wednesday morning in Watsonville.
PVUSD holds State of the District meeting
In the two years since Michelle Rodriguez began her tenure as Pajaro Valley Unified School District superintendent, the district has boosted by 20 percent the numbers of first-graders who are able to decode and comprehend what they read.
The great outdoors
Kids of all ages visited the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday for the seventh annual Monterey Bay Youth Outdoor Day.
Thousands clean up county
Volunteers picking up trash along the Pajaro River on Saturday morning found a drone and a lawnmower, while those in the Watsonville Slough found a giant stuffed Snoopy doll.
City hopes passion project can jumpstart downtown
To say home brewing has played a part in David Purgason’s life would be a gigantic understatement.
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
Under slightly overcast skies and an occasional mild breeze, the 28th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration took place Sunday in downtown Watsonville.
Woman who allegedly rammed deputy pleads not guilty
A Santa Cruz woman who was shot after allegedly stealing a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s cruiser and striking a deputy with it made her first court appearance Wednesday morning, where she pleaded not guilty.
Salmon fishing closes for season
June 30 was the last day of the season for commercial salmon fishing.
New shipping racks ease local rail
On Tuesday, a small group of railroad and warehouse officials from Chicago—and one from Felton—gathered in the S. Martinelli & Co. warehouse in Watsonville...
