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April 23, 2025
Apple Upgrade
Headed up by local farmer Sam Earnshaw, a crew of workers recently spread out across the seven-acre Hikari Farm on Freedom Boulevard, where organic Fuji apples grow.
April 23, 2025
Growing Interest
Gareth Shepherd was one of the 12 founding members who joined the Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai in late 1988 and helped organize their first annual bonsai exhibit.
April 16, 2025
Fire rips through Bigfoot Museum property
Flames tore through one of several buildings on the property of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton Sunday night but spared the famed museum building
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April 9, 2025
Thousands in Watsonville Tell Trump, Musk ‘Hands Off!’
Thousands took a message to the streets of Watsonville as part of the “Hands Off!” protests, expressing opposition to Trump and Musk.
March 19, 2025
Pajaro River Watershed a Focus of New Resilience Program
The Pajaro River Watershed is participating in the Watershed Resilience Program, which will help prepare for the effects of climate change.
February 27, 2025
Poetic License
Watsonville Poet Laureate Victoria Bañales spoke Feb. 15 at the Watsonville library. And Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez will appear April 14 at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
February 25, 2025
Bring a Party Hat
Shadowbrook opened for dinner in 1947 overlooking Soquel Creek with a dining capacity of 50. They added the cable car in 1958.
February 19, 2025
Adrian Gonzalez Loses Bid for Parole
The man who kidnapped, raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl in 2015 will spend at least another two years in prison.