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At peak times, more than half of downtown Watsonville’s 3,000-plus parking spots are empty.

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

Deep in the verdant recesses of Watsonville’s farm country lies Live Earth Farm, a business that takes organic fruits and vegetables to farmers markets and customers, but more importantly, into the classroom.

Santa Cruz County Public Health Officer Dr. Arnold Leff on Tuesday declared an end to the hepatitis A outbreak that began afflicting local patients in April 2017.

Work is pressing forward to permanently open Valencia Road over Trout Gulch Creek, which was closed in early 2017 when winter storms caused a large culvert to fail and the heavily travelled road to sink, county spokesman Jason Hoppin said Wednesday.

Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday arrested a father of three who had lived in Watsonville for 12 years, according to immigration attorney Doug Keegan.

A huge crowd of marchers files along West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz Saturday to protest the Trump Administration's plan to open offshore oil drilling in the Monterey Bay.

Community Bridges, which provides dozens of services for children, adults and seniors throughout Santa Cruz County, is moving to Watsonville.

With the rainy season rapidly coming to a close on March 31, officials are concerned about the scant snowpack in the Sierra and the lack of rain around the state.

About 250 volunteers gathered in Ramsay Park on Saturday to celebrate World Wetlands Day.