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Measure H is a $140 million general obligation bond that would fund low-income and moderate housing projects, homeless shelters and loans for first-time homebuyers. It requires a two-thirds majority vote.

Some 50 military veterans passed through Watsonville on their bicycles Monday morning, the first leg of a 450-mile ride that will end Saturday in Ventura.

Nearly eight months into an impasse with the firefighters’ union, the city will spend an additional $180,000 in consultant fees to come up with a new contract.

The Watsonville Fire Department is joining with the Watsonville Police Department in donning pink badges for the Pink Patch Project, an effort started a number of years ago by the Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association and several public safety agencies in Los Angeles County to support cancer research.

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.

A group of service providers and elected officials gathered in Community Bridges’ new Watsonville location Thursday to discuss a proposal from the Trump administration that could drastically change rules for immigrants applying for residency.

Local farmworkers and Watsonville Police have been building a friendly relationship over the past couple years through a unique program known as "Agua con la Chota," or "Water With a Cop."

Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Jeff Almquist, whose appointment to the bench capped a law career that began in 1971, died Sunday while on vacation in France. He was 70.

A Watsonville man was arrested Tuesday on charges he murdered a coworker three months ago in Morgan Hill, the Watsonville and Morgan Hill police departments reported.

The wildlife of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve made itself known Friday morning to a crowd celebrating the site’s designation as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention.