World Wetlands Day to kick off tree-planting project
The annual World Wetlands Day will kick off the Watsonville Urban Forest Revitalization Project, which, over a two-year period, will add 300 trees and hundreds of drought-tolerant native shrubs at 10 park sites and three street corridors.
Riding for a cause
A team of 21 firefighters arrived in Watsonville Monday after a 70-mile bicycle ride from Half Moon Bay.
Cinco de Mayo celebration fills downtown
Put on by Fiestas Patrias, the 28th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration in downtown Watsonville drew about 15,000 people.
Working for their community
At a busy intersection in Corralitos stands a white and green cabinet that a group of six Girl Scouts hope will be their legacy to their community.
Council dishes out funds to organizations
The Watsonville City Council approved funding for social services agencies Tuesday, and agreed to add more for senior programs after a large group urged them to do so.
Honoring a fallen teacher
Mary Francis was a teacher in three different counties who always tried to make science fun for her students.
Restoration of tidal marshes underway
The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve has begun work to restore 61 acres of lost coastal salt marsh in the Elkhorn Slough.
Council rejects moratorium extension
The Watsonville City Council denied extending a moratorium on medical facilities in shopping centers Tuesday.
Greenhouse tour returns
The Monterey Bay Greenhouse Growers Open House, now in its eighth year, is a chance for the public to get an insider’s view of the goings-on of an industry that is a significant portion of the Pajaro Valley agriculture.
3 teens injured in Aptos home invasion
Three teen males suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in an alleged home invasion robbery Monday in a quiet neighborhood in the Aptos Hills known as Rolling Green Estates.
Photo story: Proposition 50 on ballot, polls open for election day
A group of abut a dozen people wave their signs advocating for YES of Proposition 50 Monday on the Rio Del Mar over-crossing to...























