PHOTO: In season
Marian Hernandez of the City of Watsonville works on setting up holiday lights in Watsonville Plaza Wednesday.
Peace & Unity March to be held Sunday
The public is encouraged to participate in the 24th annual Peace & Unity March Sunday at Watsonville City Plaza.
Twin Lakes improvement project in full swing
Work is progressing on a project in Live Oak to improve beach access at Twin Lakes State Beach.
Recognition, honor
More than 200 people packed the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday to celebrate Veterans Day.
PVUSD offers teachers 2 percent raise
Pajaro Valley Unified School District offered its teachers a 2 percent raise in the latest round of budget negotiations on Oct. 18.
A day of recognition
When he was a young man serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II, Ed Souza went into Hiroshima, Japan about a week after the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. His task was to dismantle shipbuilding facilities there.
Ice on the beach
Ice skating isn’t an activity that one would usually associate with beach towns, but the cities of Capitola and Santa Cruz have set out to change that.
Public gets look at levee plan
A meeting held Wednesday at the Watsonville Civic Plaza gave residents who live in the floodplain an opportunity to see a plan that aims to greatly reduce the Pajaro River's flood risk.
State adopts rules for pesticide use around schools
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) on Tuesday announced a new set of rules governing the use of pesticides around schools and licensed child day-care facilities.
Santa Cruz County gets a new County Executive Officer
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously named Nicole Coburn as its County Executive Officer, making official the unanimous Oct. 8...