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Watsonville approves turning vacant Kmart into supermarket and tap room
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Video above from past coverage. The Watsonville Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday on a special use permit application to sell the vacant Kmart and turn it into two new businesses. Vallarta Supermarket and Sayulita Tap Room applied and were approved to purchase the location to build...
Pajaro Valley Arts names new director
Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) Board of Directors has chosen Miriam Anton as their new Executive Director. Anton comes on board as the gallery gears up for the next decade of growth and transformation in their new space at the Porter Building in downtown Watsonville, the board stated. Anton said that...
Annual Mother’s Day run set for Sunday
The 40th-annual Mother’s Day Run and Walk is set for Sunday morning at Pinto Lake County Park. The event serves as a fund-raise for Pajaro Valley Shelter Services in Watsonville. The event includes a 1K Kids Run Fun, 5K Run & Walk and a 10K Run, said Benna Dimig,...
High number of California brown pelicans show signs of sickness
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has received increased reports of California brown pelicans, a fully protected species, stranded along the coast from Santa Cruz County south to San Diego County, since late April. Central and Southern California wildlife rehabilitation facilities began admitting an unusually high number of sick pelicans as reports were received. The pelicans exhibit characteristics of emaciation, and some have secondary injuries. CDFW along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), wildlife rehabilitation facilities and other state partners are...
Found Treasure: Black China Bakery and Scones
May 10, 2024 – Black China Bakery tucks into a commissary kitchen behind an unmarked door on a largely anonymous industrial street in the Harvey West neighborhood of Santa Cruz. To see its easy-going elves manage their hard-charging craft you also have to know the right weekday time to...
El Rey Theater Restoration Reveals Historical Art Deco After Removing 30 Layers of Paint
In the heart of Salinas, amidst its 150th-anniversary celebrations, a historic gem awaits its resurrection: El Rey theater. Closed for 33 long years, the entertainment center has carefully restored this downtown's landmark for the last five years, with a focus on restoring its past reputation as the entertainment hub of the downtown area.
Pet of the Week: Meet Glennie!
Meet Glennie! This little kitten was trapped with his sister Gigi in a mobile home community in Soledad when they were only four weeks old and are being cared for in Salinas by an Our Neighborhood Pet Project foster family. Glennie was recently neutered and is ready for adoption!. Now...
Melanie Mena and Michael Acevedo
Melanie Mena and Michael Acevedo present Transmute: An Exploration on Duality and Reconstruction. Those seniors at CSU Monterey Bay have been selected as the 2024 Artists in Residence at ReGen Monterey, a regional waste management facility in Marina. Since 2016, student artists have been selected for a fellowship at ReGen. The artists scavenge for discarded materials at the Last Chance Mercantile reuse store and ReGen’s materials recovery facility, then upcycle them into art. “Learning about ReGen has truly been eye-opening. This place is an entire system that works perfectly together in such a beautiful and intricate manner,” Mena said. “I hope I can provide something of value through my artistic lens. My plan is to reuse materials to build canvases, frames, and push my paintings into a three-dimensional realm.” The exhibit is open until Saturday, May 18 at Last Chance.
Kids Learn Power Chords and More at Be Natural Music
For budding musicians, Santa Clara County offers many learning opportunities, with strong music departments at Stanford University, San Jose State University and De Anza College. And for younger students, there are private tutors—and also School of Rock, a music school for children with franchises around the world. But Matt...
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