AHS Sports Hall of Fame to Add a Dozen More: Coach Blankenship Among Those Honored • Vistra to Permanently Close Moss 100 Battery Facility at Moss Landing Site: Company Says Cost of Recommissioning Outweighs Future Revenue Potential • Aptos High Theater Invites You to ‘High School Musical’, By Mikayla Newcombe, 11th-grade student at Aptos High • Registration Open for the ‘World’s Shortest Parade’ • Aromas Country Garden Tour 2026: May 9, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., By Joyce Oroz • Study Highlights Inequities Between PVUSD High Schools: Future of Aptos High’s 7th Period Appears Dim, By Jon Chown • RTC Approves New Rail Freight Operator: Maintenance of Track, Cost of Repairs, are Key Issues, By Jon Chown • Sweet Homes Project Developers Sue County: Claim Approval Has Been Delayed Unnecessarily, By Jon Chown • Lawsuit Challenges Santa Cruz County Approval of 57-Unit Housing Project: Dispute Centers on Timing of State Housing Compliance and Use of “Builder’s Remedy”, By Jon Chown • Keepers of the Light: Community Sets Up Fund to Support West Cliff Lighthouse • Citizen Heroes Recognized for Recent Ocean Rescue, By Jon Chown • County Parks Launch Poetry Scavenger Hunt • County Mum on Details of Fire Station Arson: Source Says Camera Was Not Installed in Apparatus Room, as Plans Required, By Jon Chown • Ripple Effect Art Festival to Spread Across County: Events and Exhibitions Begin April 16 • Ripple Effect Arts Festival to Reach Watsonville on April 18 • PG&E to Conduct Helicopter Inspections of Gas Pipelines • Sex Offender Won’t Be Placed at Either Proposed Site, Says District Attorney, By Jon Chown • Sea Otter Classic Returns to Monterey Bay: One of the World’s Premier Cycling Events is Just an Hour Away • County Ranks in the Middle for Tax Refunds • Santa Cruz County to Celebrate Earth Day: Beach Cleanups, Restoration Efforts Highlight Activities • Watsonville Appoints Matt Orbach as Community Development Director • Mountain Community Theater to Hold Auditions for Fall Comedy ‘Rumors’ • County Expands Free Well Water Testing Program to Include Additional Contaminants • PVWMA’s Proposed Budget is Deep in the Red: Costs Soar as Revenues Fall, By Jon Chown • Capitola to Celebrate New Park at Rispin Mansion … and much more!
