Watsonville

Some Mixtec farmworkers in Watsonville have trained as doulas to support other Indigenous women during pregnancy and childbirth. They want to offer physical and emotional support, and serve as translators during hospital visits.

Santa Cruz voters approve Measure C and Monterey Bay counties overwhelming vote for temporary redistricting. And, a violence prevention organization co-hosts a film screening about society’s narrow expectations of masculinity.

Thousands took to the streets throughout the Monterey Bay Area this weekend to protest authoritarianism as part of nationwide “No Kings” rallies. In Watsonville, attendees got to hear from a special guest.

The City of Marina hosts a series of festivities to celebrate its 50th anniversary. And, renewable energy developer New Leaf Energy presents to the Watsonville City Council about the battery energy storage facility it wants to build near College Lake.

Central Coast Democratic Rep. Jimmy Panetta faces backlash from pro-Palestine groups over his support of Israel during a Watsonville town hall.

Watsonville students created short films that will screen at UC Santa Cruz today. A Q&A discussion will follow the free event. And, local libraries are protesting censorship by celebrating Banned Books Week.

Indivisible Pájaro Valley and the Watsonville Film Festival are screening the documentary American Agitators this Friday. Plus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop publishing data on food insecurity—a problem that affects tens of thousands of people on the Central Coast.

Watsonville votes to expand a contract with Flock Safety for automated license plate readers. And, a state bill moves to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk that would make CEQA exemptions for certain transit projects permanent.

Activists concerned with the health consequences of pesticide use in the Pajaro Valley rallied around Omar Dieguez who is leading a monthlong hunger strike.

The Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture will co-host an event on Sunday to educate and unite people against the use of toxic pesticides in the Pajaro Valley. And, farmworker rights activist Dolores Huerta supports a redistricting measure that could result in more Democrats in Congress.