Business brewing: Historic crop making comeback as city takes cautious step into brew scene
Akiyama Hopyard business partners Sam Akiyama and Jorge Vasquez are not the only people jumping head first into the blossoming craft brew scene in Watsonville.
Rain keeps road crews busy
Heavy rains drenched the Central Coast Wednesday night and into Thursday. The storm, out of the Gulf of Alaska, is just a fraction of a series of storms slated to visit the region.
Vazquez appointed as Monterey County judge
The Superior Court of California for the County of Monterey announced the investiture of Rafael Vazquez on Feb. 2.
Police seeking phone store robbers
Watsonville police are looking for four men they believe entered a store Friday night and stole more than $8,000 worth of electronic devices.
Getting outside the box
With hikes through the woods and sloughs, ropes courses high in the redwoods and a study of water ecosystems, a new program at New School Community Day School has taken students outside the traditional classroom setting.
Invention Convention brings out kids’ creativity
Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders from Watsonville Charter School of the Arts showed off their creations during the school's Invention Convention on Friday.
PVUSD Area 4: Two newcomers challenge board veteran
This is the final installment in a series of interviews with candidates running for seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees.
Santa Cruz County, City sue petroleum giants
Political leaders from the County and City of Santa Cruz on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against 29 petroleum companies they say are the driving forces behind climate change and its destructive consequences.
Apple farmers reeling from weather
This year’s apple crop took a hit from unusual weather patterns that began last year with heavy rainfall.
Wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill dies
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.
PVUSD Trustees to revisit teacher layoff vote
A little more than one week after voting to eliminate roughly 80 teacher positions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will...























