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The 20th annual Homeless Memorial Ceremony was held Thursday morning at the Homeless Services Center in Santa Cruz. The event, open to the public, is about paying respect to those that died while experiencing homelessness.

As the sale of marijuana for recreational use becomes legal in California on Jan. 1, Watsonville will look to start a process within the city Tuesday that reflects the new law.

No major injuries reported.

A biofuel manufacturing plant that closed its doors two years ago has reopened under new ownership.

Over the past year, Watsonville has made efforts to rebrand itself to the rest of the Monterey Bay as a city on the move.

Nick Calubaquib was recently hired as the director of the City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department, overseeing the city’s 26 parks, 30 full-time employees and nearly 50 part-time workers.

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.

After serving in the firefighting world since 1985, Battalion Chief Greg Estrada, 49, of Pajaro Valley Fire is bracing to hang up his helmet at the end of the month.

Santa Cruz County will join a task force focused on alleviating noise from jets flying over the central part of the county, the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

More than 200 people packed the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday to celebrate Veterans Day.