🌱 Hospital History + County Fair With Ocean Air

Happy Friday, Watsonville! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right. Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 62 Low: 30.

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Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

1. From Halsen To PVHCD: The Long History Of Watsonville Hospital (Watsonville Patch)
2. Santa Cruz County Fair 2022 Is 'County Fair With Ocean Air' (Watsonville Patch)
3. UC Santa Cruz: Family-Friendly Opera Returns To Mainstage Theater This March With My Head Is Full Of Colors (Press Release Desk)
4. Watsonville Area Events Calendar: Check Out What's Happening This Weekend (Watsonville Patch)
5. Watsonville Weekend Weather Forecast (Watsonville Patch)
6. Judge approves sale of Watsonville hospital to local group (KSBW Monterey)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Big Kid Storytime - Watsonville City Main Calendar (4:00 PM)
• Big Kid Storytime - Watsonville Public Library (4:00 PM)
• PVUSD Parent Conference 2022 - Pajaro Valley Unified School District (6:00 PM)
• Conferencia de Padres PVUSD 2022 - Pajaro Valley Unified School District (6:00 PM)

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• Learn How To Reduce Your Risk For Heart Disease During American Heart Month (February 28)
• OFP Pasta Feed & Silent Auction (March 5)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday. I'll see you around!

— Michael Wittner

About me: I am excited to be returning to Patch as a Roving Editor, a job that will allow me to find out what's going on in communities all over the country. I worked as a Patch Field Editor from April 2020 to June 2021, covering Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and Northridge-Chatsworth. Before then I was the Associate Editor of the Jewish Journal, a biweekly paper covering the Jewish community north of Boston. I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small, seaside town north of Boston, and graduated from Bard College in New York, and then got my masters in teaching from New York University. Feel free to send any story ideas to michael.wittner@patch.com.