Jan 10, 2025 · Editor's note: This column was submitted in December and should have run earlier in January. As we enter the new year, I’m reflecting on our achievements in 2024—progress made possible through collaboration with community members, colleagues, county staff, and you.

Jan 3, 2025 · Less than two years after he was hired to run the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Zeke Fraser announced his resignation from the post. Fraser was hired as CEO/Fair Manager in June 2023.

One day after a group of Santa Cruz County residents collected soil samples from the areas impacted by the Jan. 16 battery storage facility fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant to test for heavy metals, a San Jose State University Professor released the...

Sep 5, 2019 · Watsonville, California death notices, life tributes and obituaries in Watsonville’s family-trusted newspaper of record since 1868.

Dec 31, 2024 · OVERTURNED A big rig carrying 40,000 pounds of printer paper toppled into a ravine on Highway 152 (Hecker Pass) May 9. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver, who suffered only minor injuries, was traveling from LA to Watsonville for the PTS, Inc. company when he lost control while navigating a tight curve on southbound Hwy 152 and rolled off …

Oct 31, 2024 · Two years after closing for a remodel, El Frijolito is set to open on Nov. 8, with the hole-in-the-wall walk-up window opening the next day.

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Oct 4, 2024 · just voted NO on MEASURE M and Q. My taxes would jump up 500 more a year and I just can’t afford it. What the PVUSD hasn’t mentioned in their quest for more of our hard earned money is the state also has a huge bond on ballot to get more money for schools and PVUSD would get money from them rather than hit us for more money while school enrollment is dropping and test scores are also dropping.

Oct 21, 2024 · A wildland fire broke out in trees and brush flanking northbound Highway 1 north of Buena Vista Drive Monday in Watsonville. The 1pm blaze sent up massive billows of gray and brown smoke that were visible around Watsonville and drew a heavy response from multiple surrounding fire agencies.