🌱 Tsunami Damage Funding + Watsonville Wetlands Grant

Rise and shine, Watsonville! Let's get you started this Saturday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

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First, today's weather:

A passing morning shower. High: 58 Low: 36.

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Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

1. Funding approved for damage repairs in Moss Landing Harbor District caused by Tonga Tsunami546 (KION)
2. Watsonville Wetlands Nonprofit Receives $300k Grant: Report (Watsonville Patch)
3. UC Santa Cruz: Computer Scientist Yang Liu Wins NSF CAREER Award (Press Release Desk)
4. Central Coast schools advance to CIF NorCal Soccer Championship round (KSBW Monterey)
5. Santa Cruz Harm Reduction Coalition Receives $100k Grant: Report (Santa Cruz Patch)
6. Traffic fatality at I-680 onramp (KRON4)
7. SC surfer Nat Young advances at CT event in Portugal | Local Roundup (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
8. Longtime Scotts Valley City Clerk Retires (Good Times)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Drive-Thru Crab Feed: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation 2022: Watsonville (2:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "As of today, there are 1,433 active cases in Santa Cruz County. Of those, 473 cases are in Watsonville. Average number of new daily COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days has decreased by 70% in our county. Testing locations can be found her..." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Arts Council: "Here is Dag Weiser with the last 2 remaining crows and they would love to fly away with you! 🖤 Reminder that this Sunday is the last day to buy amazing artwork #pvarts831 #pajarovalleyarts #localartist #takeaways2022" (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "PV Water delivers about 5,000 acre feet of supplemental water to coastal growers annually, reducing the need to pump groundwater from wells near the coast. This helps reduce and prevent seawater intrusion caused by chronic groundwater ov..." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Chamber: "Amazing artists here at PV Arts!" (Facebook)

Events:

• West Cliff St. Patrick's Outdoor Market (3/12) (March 12)
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— 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.