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December 5, 2025

Green Valley Road trail project celebrated

In the not-too-distant past, bicyclists and pedestrians traveling along Green Valley Road did so within an arms-reach of traffic along the busy corridor. That has...

PVHCD will seek partner to take over Watsonville Hospital’s day-to-day operations

This story has been updated from a previous version. A cascading wave of fiscal challenges such as the election of President Donald Trump, his One...

Levee eviction & cleanout begins, setting stage for construction, restoration

workers help clear makeshift shelters from the pajaro river levee
On Monday, 27-year-old Brenda Duarte was standing alongside a pile of her belongings in between the train tracks and the Pajaro River Levee, wondering...

New Starbucks opens

The staff extends an invitation the new Starbucks that opened Thursday morning at 1726 Freedom Blvd. Manager Christine Deschler (second from right) said they...

Art & Rebellion ‘Clowns’ stage theatrical protest at aerospace and defense systems facility

Art & Rebellion, a Santa Cruz-based self-described resistance group staged a peaceful theatrical protest at Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company in Hollister Thursday.  Garbed in...

A focus on agricultural pesticide applications

About 50 people from three Watsonville  senior communities met at the Pajaro Village Club House Monday evening to voice their concerns about agricultural pesticide...

Watsonville Prep expands into adjacent building

When classes started on Tuesday for Watsonville Prep School, 180 middle-school students had their own space, a newly renovated building at 18 West Beach...

New businesses add to downtown

Work crews dig the foundation for a new apartment building on Main Street.
In a little less than two years, a vacant lot on the 500 block of Main Street will be home to a 4-story building...

Cars and Coffee hits East Lake Village

People check out a string of early-day cars and trucks Saturday in East Lake Village Shopping Center
People check out a string of early-day cars and trucks Saturday in East Lake Village Shopping Center during the weekly Cars and Coffee event....

Hundreds protest Trump in Watsonville

People line main street in Watsonville Saturday to protest President Trump's policies.
More than 200 people staged a protest along Main Street in downtown Watsonville Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to speak out against...
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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...