.Local News

August 26, 2025

New Apartments, Businesses Coming to Watsonville

It’s been a vacant lot for six years, right on Watsonville’s Main Street. But it will soon be home to an apartment building and restaurant.
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.
August 24, 2025

New PVUSD Course Will Launch Careers in Aviation

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a course that will teach students how to build a plane.
August 20, 2025

Sheriff’s New DNA Lab Will Save Money, Expedite Cases

Sheriff’s officials gave a tour of the new DNA lab, a $1.8 million addition that is expected to begin operation in 2027.
August 20, 2025

Annieglass Celebrates One Year Since Solar Installation

Annieglass installed 249 solar panels on the factory’s roof, a project that has reduced the company’s electricity bill by 86%.
August 20, 2025

Homeless Numbers Hit Lowest Point

The numbers of Santa Cruz County residents experiencing homelessness dropped 20% from last year to the lowest number in the count’s history.
August 20, 2025

RTC Delays Rail Decision

Commissioners want more information before making any decisions, saying they would wait for the final plan to be released in December.
August 14, 2025

Huge Local Donation to Fight Cancer

Sutter Health Receives $30 Million Kvamme Foundation Gift to Transform Cancer Care in Santa Cruz  FROM A PRESS RELEASE The Jean and E. Floyd Kvamme Foundation...
August 13, 2025

Construction Work Hits Seabright Businesses Hard

In the Santa Cruz harbor area, where a seismic retrofit project is closing Murray Street Bridge for months, businesses have taken a big hit.
August 13, 2025

Santa Cruzan Indicted for Wire Fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted a Santa Cruz man on four counts of wire fraud stemming from alleged misrepresentations to investors.
August 13, 2025

Residents Oppose New Battery Storage Facilities

Members of the community continued to push back against the introduction of Battery Energy Storage Systems at a July 30 workshop.
August 7, 2025

End of an Era

The Redman-Hirahara house’s last chapter was written Aug. 5 when Santa Cruz supervisors voted to delist it as a historic resource.
Good Times E-edition Good Times E-edition
spot_img
17,623FansLike
8,845FollowersFollow