Mayor’s Message | Investing in safer streets and upholding our community values
Watsonville is making meaningful investments in our streets, sidewalks and neighborhoods this year—improvements that reflect both our infrastructure priorities and our shared commitment to safety and...
View ArticleFocal Point | Out for a stroll in Watsonville
Unidentified strollers in Watsonville Plaza around the turn of the century. “Every Wednesday evening during the summer Mother would take my three older sisters and me to the plaza, where we strolled up...
View ArticlePhoto | Majestic giants tower over Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Towering over the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, tree No. 7 on the trail guide is aptly named “The Giant.” It towers approximately 270 feet and is around 1,500 years old. The...
View ArticlePhoto | Morning surf and ice plant blooms at Lighthouse Point
A surfer slides past Lighthouse Point on a recent morning as purple ice plant flowers hang from the cliff. The ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) is a coastal succulent shrub native to South Africa, where...
View ArticleDraft report from Santa Cruz County RTC assigns nearly $4.3 billion price tag...
SANTA CRUZ — After more than a year of conducting studies and analyzing data, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission has provided the public with its first comprehensive view of what...
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Santa Cruz community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural
SANTA CRUZ — Community members and local leaders, young and old, united in front of Santa Cruz City Hall on a foggy Saturday afternoon, paint rollers and brushes in hand, to give the Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleEditorial | Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor faces new challenges, but remains...
The Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor has been buffeted by storms, the decimation of the commercial fishing industry, and now by the Murray Street bridge closing for a long time. Through it all, the...
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Our ragtime apocalypse | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History
The Art Hickman Orchestra represented a turning point in the acceptance of ragtime music, noted for a fuller sound. (Public domain)The Casino Ballroom had a full balcony of onlookers hoping to...
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Soquel’s Jake Escalante, Scotts Valley’s Kaleb Wing receive special honors |...
Baseball is a team game, it takes everybody doing their job to find success. More so, if you’re talking about the level of success Soquel High enjoyed this season. And, still, junior Jake Escalante’s...
View ArticleSanta Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young earns PR for sixth in mile race at Brooks PR...
Santa Cruz High graduate and Duke University commit Eli Fitchen-Young posted a PR to take sixth place in the Boys 1 Mile High School race to close the 2025 Brooks PR Invitational at Renton Memorial...
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