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On roughly 40 acres of farmland that overlooks Harkins Slough, which Stephen Pedersen, owner of High Ground Organics, says is “land that shall remain in use for agricultural use only,” students from Watsonville and Pajaro Valley high schools met Friday to

Temperatures will start to back off along the coast beginning Thursday, according to the National Weather Service of Monterey.

If a group of Watsonville healthcare workers has its way, voters will approve a ballot initiative that would limit the amount that Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) can charge its patients.

Recent storms have crippled the over-crossing to a stream on Casserly Road. County officials plan to shut down the heavily travelled road for repairs.

A record 159,443 Santa Cruz County residents registered for the November election, with more than 111,000 vote-by-mail ballots issued, County Clerk Gail Pellerin said.

Seasonal weather is on tap for the weekend, with patchy clouds starting off Saturday and Sunday, which will break up both days into the late morning to warm and sunny conditions.

In the wake of a series of hurricanes that slammed the East Coast, and a pair of earthquakes that ripped through Mexico earlier this month, Santa Cruz County residents are starting to wonder when the disaster will strike closer to home.

Thousands of people lined Main Street in downtown Watsonville on the Fourth of July during the annual Spirit of Watsonville parade.

The Watsonville City Council Chambers was packed Monday morning with community leaders, organization representatives, media outlets and other county residents for the release of the 23rd annual Community Assessment Project report.