With Aptos High students set to return to school Friday in the wake of this week’s fatal stabbing, parents are dealing with the inevitable trauma of whether the school environment is safe. Counselors say those emotions are very normal.
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Watsonville police: 13-year-old brandished a knife at Cesar Chavez Middle School
The Watsonville Police Department reported Wednesday afternoon that a 13-year-old student at Cesar Chavez Middle School has been arrested, following an armed confrontation with another student. No one was injured in the altercation, and the suspect is currently awaiting processing at juvenile hall.
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Fox Racing factory in Watsonville set to close; more than 200 could face layoffs
All employees who are not relocating will be terminated by March 31, 2022, according to a notice. The news comes three years after Fox Factory moved several operations from Scotts Valley and Watsonville out of state.
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore will open in Watsonville after closing up shop on Westside
The furniture and home building store will move from its Swift St. location to Watsonville later this week.
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Watsonville High grad chases dream of return to hometown as an immigration attorney
Consuelo Vidal-Perez experienced the callousness of immigration law firsthand when her grandparents were barred from visiting her dying mother. Now she’s heading to USC to chase her dream of returning to Watsonville as an immigration attorney to help families like hers.
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Watsonville Film Festival’s Juneteenth celebration program makes murals the centerpiece
“Murals/Art/Activism” will feature a virtual screening of a pair of films, a Zoom live event and a pop-up discussion of the arts at Watsonville City Plaza downtown during the June 15-18 event in solidarity with Juneteenth.
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Watsonville votes to support Rail Trail business plan ahead of RTC meeting next week
In a special meeting Friday, Watsonville councilmembers backed the pro-rail plan for Santa Cruz County’s coastal corridor. Santa Cruz officials did the same earlier this week. Now, the issue is set to head back before the county’s Regional Transportation Commission on May 6.
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Watsonville police Chief David Honda retiring, will leave top cop job July 1
Watsonville’s assistant police chief, Thomas Sims, will serve as interim chief until a replacement for Honda is named.
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Perception of Watsonville and its needs depends on the generational group you ask, survey shows
The March 23 city council meeting had no shortage of action, including details on a community survey that revealed what residents think of the city, a tax cut for the cannabis industry and a two-year city budget that is in the works.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Pumped in Watsonville: Years in the making, county’s biggest bike track opens at Ramsay Park
A new paved pump track opened at Ramsay Park in Watsonville on Tuesday, offering the only all-weather terrain for bike enthusiasts in Santa Cruz County. And bike enthusiasts have already been swarming it.
