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Jack O’Neill, described as a surfer, ocean lover, boating enthusiast, wetsuit pioneer and founder of the eponymous worldwide surf company, died Friday surrounded by family in his Pleasure Point home. He was 94.

Watsonville Berry Cooperative, a group of farmers also known as the Berry Bowl, is ending operations at the end of this year after struggling for years, General Manager Tom Simmons said Wednesday.

Central Coast Community Radio has raised $265,000 to buy a license and antenna, and is nearly ready to start broadcasting as KSQD — or K-Squid. The station will soon be at 90.7 on the FM dial.

Recent efforts to clean Pinto Lake have been largely successful, with harmful algae blooms drastically reduced, and no closures for more than a year.

The Register-Pajaronian celebrated its 150th anniversary with a gathering Saturday inside the Heritage Hall at the fairgrounds.

On Friday, the Pajaro Valley Association of Realtors (PVAOR) held its annual golf tournament with proceeds to be donated to Watsonville's own women's shelter.

Jeanie Johnson, a former longtime Register-Pajaronian employee, has returned to the newspaper as its publisher.

The massive cluster of wildfires in Napa County has so far clawed its way through nearly 192,000 acres, destroyed some 5,700 homes and businesses and killed 34 people. But it has also spewed smoke throughout the Bay Area, as far away as Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties.

In light of a collision that left a pedestrian seriously injured, city officials are looking to expedite improvements at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Holm Road.

A little less than one year after unknown suspects stole five guns from a Watsonville gun shop, police have taken the last of them off the streets.