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September 10, 2025
Activist Begins Monthlong Hunger Strike to Protest Pesticide Use
Watsonville activist Omar Dieguez announced a hunger strike, starting with a protest outside of Driscoll’s headquarters in Watsonville.
.Art
September 2, 2025
Photo Realism
Image Crafters meets every month to “salute the art and craft of photographic prints and how they can freeze time encapsulating emotions, landscapes, and stories
August 24, 2025
‘Clowns’ Stage Theatrical Protest at Bomb Component Facility
Wearing clown garb and waving umbrellas, batons and plungers, the protesters brought an antiwar message to the facility.
.Art
July 23, 2025
Watsonville Photographers Portray ‘Friends: Near and Far’
Two local photographers have teamed up in a joint photography exhibit at Centro Artistico de Watsonville through Sept. 6.
July 22, 2025
Talks Continue on Battery Energy Storage Systems
About 150 people gathered July 17 at the third in a series of meetings about proposed local Battery Energy Storage Systems.
.A&E
July 9, 2025
New Tradition
Creative types in the Pajaro Valley are gearing up to start their own tradition: a Second Saturday Art Tour.
June 25, 2025
Palacios Steps Down
Sworn in as CAO in 2017—after 20 years as Watsonville’s city manager—Carlos Palacios became the county’s first Latino leader.
June 10, 2025
Wharf Debris, Equipment Recovery at Santa Cruz Wharf
The City of Santa Cruz joined forces with the U.S. Coast Guard and Power Engineering Construction Company on June 6–8 to remove heavy equipment...