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December 26, 2025

Watsonville, Capitola city council meetings assailed by ‘Zoom bombs’

Watsonville city council
The Watsonville City Council will stop allowing virtual comments during its public meetings for the rest of the year after it received two anonymous...

Briefs: Pesticide meeting set for Monday; Halloween events on tap

Watsonville pesticides
Pesticide meeting set for Monday The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will hold a meeting Monday from 4-6:30pm at the Family Center in Ramsay Park...

PVUSD rejects ethnic studies curriculum for anti-semitism allegations

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A group that studies and archives the history of local Filipino people—and provides educational materials of that history—on Wednesday suspended its work with Pajaro...

Q&A: Consuelo Alba on Dia de Muertos

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The community is invited to celebrate Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos in Watsonville Plaza Oct. 27 from 4-9pm. It is a...

Watsonville City Council to mull shortening, or closing, airport runway

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The Watsonville City Council in March will consider either shortening the crosswind runway at Watsonville Municipal Airport—or deactivating it altogether—which is the airport’s effort...

WPD officer dies following 29-year career

Watsonville police officer Kraig Kliewer
Retired Watsonville Police Officer Kraig Kliewer, who retired in July following a 29-year career, died Tuesday. “It is with a heavy heart that we inform...

Activities lined up for Dia de Muertos celebration

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Live music, dance performances, community altars and family activities will fill the afternoon in Watsonville Plaza Friday during the annual Dia de Muertos (Day...

NAMI unveils new Watsonville office

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Santa Cruz County (NAMI) cut the ribbon on its new Watsonville headquarters on Oct. 24, a space...

Apartments taking shape on Miles Lane

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With foundation work completed and now in its framing stage, 72 new affordable apartments by MidPen Housing are going skyward at 139-141 Miles Lane. The...

Cabrillo ceramics students to throw sale

cabrillo college ceramics
Several dozen students in the ceramics program at Cabrillo College are busy at the Kathryn McBride Ceramics Studio at the Aptos campus making clay...
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Aptos takes down Watsonville in battle of the ‘Black and Blue...

At one time in the teams’ long history, Aptos and Watsonville were nemesis on the gridiron as members of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...