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The city of Watsonville is inviting the community to a workshop focused on planning for future passenger rail service and trail improvements in and around the Watsonville area.

Watsonville city on Tuesday reopened its landfill after a seven-year closure, unveiling two new areas that will give the city its own waste facility for about 75 years.

A tiny home development for 34 homeless people slated for the parking lot of Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville can move forward after the City Council on Tuesday denied an appeal by a neighbors’ group that has been battling the placement of the project since its inception in October 2023.

Meet the new poet laureates in Santa Cruz County and Watsonville.

Victoria Bañales was the first in her family to attend college, but like many young people she was unsure where her path would take her.

As plans sharpen for the Coastal Rail Trail and connected paths through Watsonville, Watsonville City Council members recently reiterated their support for improved transportation to area beaches and Pajaro Valley High School.

Dozens of volunteers joined forces with a crew from Watsonville Wetlands Watch and the City of Watsonville on Feb. 1 for a day of tending local wetlands as part of the annual World Wetlands Day.

People driving through Watsonville recently may have noticed a handful of signs throughout the city, which call for the recall or firing of City Manager Tamara Vides.

After elevated levels of “forever chemicals” or PFAS were found in the water supply of the Rountree jail facility near Watsonville, work on a new water filtration system is expected this year with an $800,000 state grant.

Watsonville Police Department brought on two new officers to the force last week, a move that brings the department closer to filling its roster.

A new battery storage facility slated for a lot on the outskirts of Watsonville has some residents on edge after a Jan. 16 fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant, which sent a thick column of black smoke into the air and closed Highway 1 and several schools.

The Watsonville City Council and the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday both unanimously passed resolutions to support the immigrant community, days before reelected President Donald Trump prepares to retake the office on Jan. 20.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will present details of a pesticide proposal and accept public comments at two more hearings this month.

A group of city workers and volunteers spent the afternoon cleaning massive amounts of trash from a wooded hillside in Watsonville one sunny day in early December, hauling away several full dumpsters.