Bringing biking back
                    Pedestrian traffic is the goal for Watsonville’s second Open Streets event as new leadership looks to revitalize the popular affair.                
                
            Funds bolster Farm Discovery’s education programs
                    Deep in the verdant recesses of Watsonville’s farm country lies Live Earth Farm, a business that takes organic fruits and vegetables to farmers markets and customers, but more importantly, into the classroom.                
                
            Parking lots need better management, report says
                    With more than 3,100 parking spots available in downtown Watsonville, finding a place to park isn’t the problem, according to a report. Rather, it’s the city’s management of them that needs improvement.                
                
            Heritage Holiday Craft Fair underway
                    Flocks of people kicked off the beginning of the Christmas season on the first day of December at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.                
                
            Caltrans donates land to Elkhorn Slough Foundation
                    In the final act of a years-long collaboration, Caltrans signed over the 167-acre property, known as the Elkhorn Highlands Reserve, to the Elkhorn Slough Foundation at a dedication ceremony late Monday morning.                
                
            Indians rock Athletics 8-0
                    Kluber pitched six shutout innings and struck out 10 in his first start since May 2 and the Indians scored four runs during a strange sixth inning when the outfield sprinklers came on as Cleveland pounded the error-and-strikeout prone Oakland Athletics 8-                
                
            County: Hepatitis A outbreak is over
                    Santa Cruz County Public Health Officer Dr. Arnold Leff on Tuesday declared an end to the hepatitis A outbreak that began afflicting local patients in April 2017.                
                
            Education by the numbers
                    A total of 120 students from 11 different middle schools across the region were given a head start on their math skills this week at the Bruce W. Woolpert Algebra Academy, held at Graniterock’s corporate headquarters and Driscoll’s Cassin Ranch facility in Watsonville.                
                
            Police officer shoots suspect armed with knives
                    A Watsonville Police officer on Wednesday shot a man who attacked him, a police officer told the Register-Pajaronian.                
                
            Watsonville rail project faces lawsuit
                    A little more than one month after the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission approved a contract allowing a new company to take over freight rail operations in Watsonville, the commission is facing a lawsuit.                
                
            Photo story: Proposition 50 on ballot, polls open for election day
                
A group of abut a dozen people wave their signs advocating for YES of Proposition 50 Monday on the Rio Del Mar over-crossing to...            
            
        





















