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December 19, 2025

PHOTO: Watsonville High’s homecoming parade

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Antique fire engines are just a fraction of Watsonville High School's homecoming parade Wednesday afternoon that rolled along Main Street. The Wildcatz will take...

Watsonville Wetlands Watch receives $3.2M grant

Watsonville Wetlands Watch was recently awarded a $3.275 million federal grant to boost its tree planting and education programs. Its project, called Growing Tree Canopy,...

Sergeant retires after nearly three decades with Watsonville Police

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A festive farewell lunch Dec. 21 set the tone for the final day of duty for Watsonville Police Sgt. Mike Ridgway as he set...

PHOTO: Officials tour flood-damaged neighborhoods in Watsonville

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Mark Strudley (center), Flood Control Division Manager of Santa Cruz County Department of Public Works, joins other officials in touring a College Road neighborhood...

Watsonville Hospital Board mulling public bond, hires consultant

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Plans to bring Watsonville Community Hospital—and the property on which it sits—into public ownership took a giant step forward Wednesday. The Pajaro Valley Health Care...

Briefs: Flood meeting in Watsonville; Rotary supports Pajaro relief

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Flood meeting set The City of Watsonville has scheduled a community meeting to discuss the flooding in neighborhoods that kicked off 2023. The meeting will take...

Art meets nature in latest exhibit in downtown Watsonville

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A new art exhibit, which includes workshops and a public tree planting, is set to open at Studio Judy G on Main Street in...

PVUSD cancels elementary portion of Virtual Academy

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WATSONVILLE—After seeing declining enrollment in the lower grades of its Virtual Academy, Pajaro Valley Unified School District has canceled that portion of the online...

New law protects children in custody cases

Nearly one year ago, court-ordered strangers took a teenage girl and her younger brother from their relative’s home in Santa Cruz and brought them...

Holiday Lights at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds ready to roll

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Last-minute fine-tuning is underway at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds to throw the switch for two million lights at the fourth annual Holiday Lights...
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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...