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Controversy Over a Name Change

Submitted by Shannon Hogan on Sunday, September 19th, 8:38 pm

Controversy over a name change! Watsonville's mayor wants to re-name the main square in downtown to honor a civil rights leader. Mayor Luis Alejo is proposing to change the name of the City Plaza to Dolores Huerta the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union.

But not everyone is on board with the idea. For more than a century the square in the middle of down town Watsonville has been known as City Plaza but plans for a name change are sparking a lot of controversy in this town."There's a few people who disagree and I think that's with any issue that the city council take on not everybody is going to be in agreement." said Alejo.

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Autopsy On Body Found in Watsonville Reveals New Details

Submitted by Kiki Jones on Monday, September 13th, 3:06 pm

After someone reported finding a dead body on the 300 Block of Casserly Road on Friday, deputies say that they have new details on how the person died.

The victim has not been identified but the autopsy reveled that the victim was an adult male of Hispanic origin, approximately 18 to 25 years of age, and 4'8" in height.

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Vote for the Blitz Spotlight Game of the week

Submitted by Traci Z on Sunday, September 12th, 10:44 am

Here are your choices for Friday, September 17th "Blitz Spotlight Game of the Week"!

Wilcox @ Hollister

Seaside @ Soquel

Chowchilla @ Alisal

Vote at www.KIONrightnow.com

Scroll to the middle of the home page to cast your vote.

The winning schools will be announced Wednesday night on Central Coast News at 6pm.

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Looking For First Win, Second Spotlight Game

Submitted by Matt Stein on Monday, September 6th, 11:01 am

The Watsonville Wildcatz may have lost their first football game of the season on Friday night, but they're shooting for their second straight spotlight game.

Watsonville plays at Santa Cruz this coming Friday and is one of the chocies for this week's spotlight game on Friday Night Blitz.  The game against Alvarez was also the spotlight game.

To vote log onto www.kionrightnow.com.  The poll is on the front page.

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New Bus Service Scheduled in North County

Submitted by Azenith Smith
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010, 7:50am

Supervisor Lou Calcagno announced that Monterey-Salinas Transit will commence service on Line 26 Watsonville-Aromas beginning September 7.  The new transit line will interconnect the North County communities of Aromas, Pajaro and Las Lomas with hourly service Monday through Saturday from 6 am to 7 pm. 

The buses will provide the rural residents of the area better access to existing businesses and new services being planned for Pajaro, which include a new community park, a new health clinic, and a new commuter train station that will eventually offer daily service to San Jose and San Francisco. 

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New Bus Service Connects Watsonville and Aromas

Submitted by Matt Stein on Wednesday, September 1st, 2:43 pm

Beginning Saturday, September 4, 2010 Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will provide new bus service connecting the communities of Watsonville, Las Lomas, Dunbarton and Aromas.

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Suspected Gang Leader Arrested in Watsonville

Submitted by Matt Stein on Tuesday, August 31st, 7:26 pm

Law enforcement agencies were out in full force on the streets of the Central Coast and all over California looking to take down the Nuestra Familia, a notorious prison gang that directs street crime from Pelican Bay State Prison.

It is being called operation Street Sweeper and there were seven targets here on the Central Coast. Three have been arrested on Federal warrants, and two have been arrested on state warrants. Police are still looking for two of the suspects.

Among those arrested was a 33 year-old Salinas Business man, Phillip Sparks. Sparks owns an adult store called Forbidden XTC, on W. Market Street in Salinas. Police say that Sparks was the highest ranking member of the Nuesrta Familia on the Central Coast. Sparks was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in Hollister. After he was arrested police searched Forbidden XTC but nothing was seized from the property.

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