$12 million campaign aims to secure Elkhorn Slough
The Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF) launched a new “Elkhorn Forever” campaign with a kick-off celebration Tuesday, with the goal of raising $12 million.
Held at...
Esperanza del Valle celebrates 45 years
Forty five years of performances, instruction and celebration of Mexican folkloric dance culture was splashed across the Crocker Theater stage at Cabrillo College in...
Supervisors oppose federal voter ID laws
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously agreed to voice their opposition to proposed federal legislation that would require voter ID...
Lawsuit targets executive order cutting library, museum funding
A March 14 executive order by President Donald Trump targeting federal funding for libraries and museums—among other things—will leave no community untouched. But the...
Millions across the nation tell Trump, Musk ‘Hands Off!’
Thousands of people took a message to the streets of downtown Watsonville Saturday that they are not happy with President Trump and Elon Musk...
Pedestrian hit, killed on Hwy. 1
A 73-year-old Santa Cruz man was struck by a car and killed early Friday morning on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz.
The California Highway Patrol...
Mesa Village County Park gets a boost
The Mesa Village community teamed up with Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW), Pitch-In Santa Cruz County and 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez on March 29...
A year of student artwork
Thanks to the help of volunteers at the Pajaro Valley Arts and staff from the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, the four-story Civic Plaza...
Redman-Hirahara house facing final chapter
The Redman-Hirahara house has sat on a 14-acre parcel on the outskirts of Watsonville since William Weeks built it in 1897 for farmer James...
Cars & Coffee featured at East Lake Village
A 1956 Studebaker Lark VI is part of the weekly Watsonville Cars & Coffee at East Lake Village.
Put on by East Lake Village, with...
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...
