Appreciating those who served
Gloria Johnson and her son Randy were among the dozen veterans at Applebee's Thursday attending an annual lunch put on by Pajaro Valley Community Alliance, with support from the Santa Cruz Veterans Alliance and community members.
Job shadow program hosts 90 students
A group of Watsonville students on Wednesday got a taste of their possible futures by participating in Watsonville Rotary’s job shadowing program, which was designed to connect young people with local professionals in fields that spark their interest.
Powerful electrical storm plows through
An electrical transformer was blown to shreds by a lightning strike Monday afternoon on Holly Drive in Watsonville that forced emergency officials to shut the road down.
Broadway hits and dancing bits
The Santa Cruz Follies will return with their annual show, this year named “Best of Broadway: Then and Now,” Wednesday through Saturday at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
Bringing biking back
Pedestrian traffic is the goal for Watsonville’s second Open Streets event as new leadership looks to revitalize the popular affair.
Tenacious Main Street struggling
An informal survey by this newspaper along Main Street found 11 empty businesses on a stretch from Second Street to East Fifth Street.
The world on pause, a tribute to remember
I know the day he died, Jack O'Neill, as a day my world got bigger even as the earth became one person smaller.
Major rainfall expected Tuesday
A major storm system known as an atmospheric river is expected to hit California late Tuesday morning, deluging the lowlands and dumping as much as four feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Watsonville baseball coach Tige McSwain now in charge of football program
Watsonville High didn’t have to look too far in its pursuit of a new head football coach for the upcoming 2026 fall season.
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