Quilt show fills three buildings
The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association held its annual show over the weekend with more than 300 quilts on display at the Santa Cruz County...
Community rallies against proposed battery storage facility in Watsonville
A grassroots movement of citizens concerned about the construction of a new battery storage facility in Watsonville held a public meeting on Monday evening...
Union Pacific train strikes truck in Pajaro
Updated Wednesday at 2pm with additional photos and information
A freight train owned by Union Pacific pulling seven cars collided with an agricultural water tank...
Watsonville City Council hears plans for Tiny Village
The Tiny Village project in the parking lot of the Westview Presbyterian Church is set to break ground at the end of May or...
Adult school celebrates its graduates
A nearly packed Mello Center saw the first graduation of the season in Pajaro Valley Unified School District Thursday evening with 173 graduates of...
‘Field of dreams’
When Watsonville Mayor Maria Orozco was a student at Freedom Elementary School, she remembers running around the playing field, pock-marked as it was by...
International dance and music conference comes to Santa Cruz County
“Reinforcing Cultural Identity,” a conference packed with classes, performances and more is set to run Aug. 15-25 at various venues within Cabrillo College, PVUSD...
City Council approves revenue bonds to fund Ramsay, Plaza work
On Tuesday, 7-year-old Vincent Robles was playing in Callaghan Park in downtown Watsonville, clambering over the play structures and going up and down the...
Over $30K in stolen bikes and tools recovered from illegal encampment
A man living in a homeless encampment in the Arana Gulch area was arrested Tuesday after he was found with illegal drugs, cash, police...
Skatepark coming to Pinto Lake County Par
In about half a year, South County skating aficionados will have a new skate park to show off their skills.
The work on the feature...
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...





















