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 The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a budget report that shows an improved financial picture from earlier in the year, with an ending fund balance of more than $57 million.

An informal survey by this newspaper along Main Street found 11 empty businesses on a stretch from Second Street to East Fifth Street.

Citing parking concerns and proliferation of thrift stores in the area, the Watsonville Planning Commission denied a proposal for a new secondhand store in downtown Tuesday.

Work began in earnest Wednesday on replacing a temporary bridge over a culvert on Valencia Road that was constructed following powerful winter storms, county spokesman Jason Hoppin said.

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education Board of Trustees on Thursday evening denied a charter petition for Watsonville Prep, dashing the hopes for the school's second attempt to open in Watsonville.

Granite Construction, which has been using Watsonville Municipal Airport for nearly a century, will no longer be using the airport, the company confirmed Aug. 10.

At least two dozen police officers, including a SWAT team, are on scene at a gun range after reports that the business was burglarized early Wednesday.

More than 100 raspberry harvesters walked off the job Wednesday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices by Watsonville-based Premiere Raspberries LLC.

Joined by Supervisor John Leopold and the Santa Cruz Pickleball Club, the Santa Cruz County Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services on Friday debuted the county’s first dedicated pickleball courts at Brommer Street Park.