Niners Needs: Running back Hyde might be on team’s chopping block
Hyde is a known commodity. He is a good to very good player at this point of his career. He will carry a big contract from here on out, but he will not be a question mark like Breida or Williams. That works in his favor, but it doesn’t guarantee that the Niners will bring him back. They not only have Breida and Williams, but four picks in the heart of the draft that they can use on another prospect.
New fence blocks out homeless camp
New fencing, topped with barbed wire and razor wire — a bold “stay out” statement — has been installed this week at the edge of a bridge over Watsonville Slough on Harkins Slough Road behind Ramsay Park.
CHP urges summer drivers to put safety first
CHP officers are on high alert leading into the upcoming week, as summer travel starts up and Fourth of July approaches. The agency is reminding all drivers to put safety first as more cars than usual are traveling Santa Cruz County’s roads.
New parks director at the helm as summer season approaches
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.
Home is where the art is
The Santa Cruz County Bank Arts Collaborative celebrated the opening of its new art exhibit, “Quintessential Santa Cruz County,” on Aug. 15.
Burning Man-inspired event at fairgrounds this weekend
An estimated 1,400 people are expected at unSCruz, who will have a chance to see some 80 theme camps and pieces of art.
Early-morning rollover snarls Highway 1
Traffic on southbound Highway 1 was snarled for several hours Tuesday morning after a dump truck overturned at the Buena Vista exit and struck a light pole.
Man killed in shooting
Watsonville police are investigating a murder that occurred Friday evening on the 100 block of West Beach Street.
Vacant council seat expected to be filled in June
Faced with the resignation of Oscar Rios, the Watsonville City Council on Tuesday moved forward with putting the vacant District 2 seat on the June ballot.
Preserving the wetlands in digital form
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
25TH Amendment assumes center stage
At a July 8 NATO press conference, President Trump claimed that the Islamic Republic of Japan had shot 111 missiles at aircraft carrier U.S.S....






















