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An informal survey by this newspaper along Main Street found 11 empty businesses on a stretch from Second Street to East Fifth Street.

Watsonville flipped the switch on the holiday season Sunday night, lighting up the plaza for a month of festive events.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association warned Friday that hazardous surf conditions could last through the weekend, with westerly swells as large as 20 feet possible.

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.

The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission approved a new operator for the 32-mile Santa Cruz rail line that runs from Watsonville to Davenport, a plan that could be implemented once an ongoing study of the county’s rail line is complete.

The American Red Cross urgently needs blood and platelet donations to help address a winter blood shortage, the organization recently announced.

Even before he joined several of his peers on a cross-country trip to see some of the top universities in the U.S. in late September, Pajaro Valley High School senior Anthony Ramos had experienced life away from home.

Spurred by several events over the past year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a meeting Thursday to update the public on a project that aims to lower the flood risk along the Pajaro River levees.

Hospital workers on Saturday began gathering signatures for an initiative they say would “rein in” costs at Watsonville Community Hospital.