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The Summer in the City Internship Program, a program put on by the City of Watsonville and Pajaro Valley Unified School District, kicks off its inaugural year July 9-27.

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Group meeting at the California Grill has become a South County tradition.

Francisco Estrada and Jenny Sarmiento are running for the District 4 seat on the Watsonville City Council in November, and whoever wins will become the city's next mayor.

Measure H is a $140 million general obligation bond that would fund low-income and moderate housing projects, homeless shelters and loans for first-time homebuyers. It requires a two-thirds majority vote.

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.

When recreational marijuana becomes legal on Jan. 1, it will become arguably the most significant of 859 new laws that take effect in 2018.

More than 100 hospital technicians picketed in front of Watsonville Community Hospital Wednesday, decrying what they called “bad faith bargaining tactics” that include cuts to employees’ healthcare benefits.

Nearly six months after Ken Schwan, owner of Monterey Bay Caterers, survived a brutal crash where a tow truck slammed into him on his motorcycle in March, he’s back in the kitchen, in his office and out in the field.

The Watsonville Buddhist Temple will hold its annual Obon Festival on Sunday, and they invite the public to come share in the festivities.

The City of Watsonville did not experience any homicides in 2016, and robberies declined by nearly 56 percent from the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Watsonville Police Department.