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The Watsonville-Santa Cruz Japanese American Citizens League’s commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act on Saturday.

More than 40 firefighters came into Watsonville Monday after a 70-mile bicycle ride from Half Moon Bay, one leg of a six-day, 484-mile ride that began Sunday in Sausalito and will end Saturday at Santa Monica Pier.

Every year, groups of Japanese middle school students visit Watsonville, meeting their American counterparts and kicking off a weeklong exchange program that often turns into a lifelong friendship.

More than 200 people gathered for a noisy rally in downtown Watsonville Monday — Labor Day — for a united show of solidarity for working people, fair wages and safer working conditions.

Every year, a legion of volunteers spends days, weeks and even months preparing the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds for the annual September event.

A Watsonville man was arrested Tuesday on charges he murdered a coworker three months ago in Morgan Hill, the Watsonville and Morgan Hill police departments reported.

Nearly eight months into an impasse with the firefighters’ union, the city will spend an additional $180,000 in consultant fees to come up with a new contract.

With a recent grant and a number of road projects in the pipeline, Watsonville city officials are optimistic that pedestrian injuries will continue to drop.

Ari Parker garnered more than 52 percent of the vote in the three-person race for the District 7 seat on the Watsonville City Council.

Early results show Greg Caput headed to his third term as the Fourth District Santa Cruz County Supervisor, but “thousands” of ballots are still left to be counted, according to the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.