🌱 Water Rationing + Second Booster Shot

Hey, neighbors! Michael Wittner here with your Thursday copy of theWatsonville Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 64 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

1. Letter | Santa Cruz water use already at 'rationed' level (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Second COVID-19 booster coming to Santa Cruz County soon (KSBW Monterey)
3. Crops After Rain: Watsonville Photo Of The Week (Watsonville Patch)
4. Betty Whites Oceanfront Carmel Retreat Listed For $7.95 Million (Patch)
5. Watsonville Area Adoptable Pets: Cats, Dogs & More (Watsonville Patch)
6. HP Acquires Santa Cruz-Based Videoconferencing Firm For $3.3B (Santa Cruz Patch)
7. Santa Cruz electric vehicle chargers now charge twice as fast (KSBW Monterey)
8. University of California, Santa Cruz film course aims to free wrongfully convicted people (KSBW Monterey)
9. Westside: Key characters and famous folks (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Afterschool STEAM @ La Selva Beach - La Selva Beach Branch Library (4:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Watsonville Police Department: "Our partners from @chpsantacruz will be hosting a free Start Smart class to help teen drivers become more aware of the responsibilities that come with driving. Parents and/or guardians are required to attend with their teenage driver a..." (Instagram)
• Watsonville Police Department: "Our partners from the CHP - Santa Cruz will be hosting a free Start Smart class to help teen drivers become more aware of the responsibilities that come with driving. Parents and/or guardians are required to attend with their teenage dri..." (Facebook)
• Watsonville Rec: "Our 2022 Spring Soccer Season has officially kicked off! ⚽️🥇#watsonvillerec" (Instagram)
• Watsonville Jr Wildcatz Football & Cheer: "We are still accepting FOOTBALL SIGN UPS for ALL levels. Mighty Mite Cheer (ages 4-6) is now CLOSED. All interests will be added to a wait list. All other Cheer age groups are still OPEN. SIGN UPS Today! 3/30/22 from 6-7:30pm - Last day ..." (Facebook)
• Watsonville Family YMCA: "Our YMCA is so fortunate to have Joseph, Delano, and Ian support our youth during soccer season⚽️ #youthdevelopment #rolemodels" (Facebook)
• Watsonville Family YMCA: "Thank you to Alexander and Gloria Espino for your donation and support to Kids Zone! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ¡Gracias a Alexander y Gloria Espino por su donación y apoyo a Kids Zone! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟" (Facebook)
• Watsonville Family YMCA: "They are diving, paddling and swimming! Thank you swim instructors for teaching our youth and being a part of YMCA Club Swim Meet!" (Facebook)
• Watsonville Rotary Club: "Community Service Wednesday! Not a regular club meeting! Please join us this Wednesday 3/30/31, at noon, at Live Earth Farm!! ~ We are volunteering our time with Food What!?! located at Live Earth Farm. ~Please arrive at noon. Rotarians ..." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Chamber: "We are just a little over a week away from the Business Expo and Job Fair" (Facebook)
• City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "The Watsonville City Council is holding their Special City Council Meeting right now. Head on over to the following link to view the meeting: https://pub-cityofwatsonville.escribemeetings.com/VideoStream.aspx?MeetingId=bd0ab491-c16e-42f7..." (Facebook)
• City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "Get caught up on some of the important issues that were discussed during last night's City Council meeting ⬇️" (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Chamber: "Come visit us on April 7th!" (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "Today is #WorldWaterDay! This year's World Water Day theme is Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible. Groundwater is life in the Pajaro Valley. Groundwater helps irrigate crops and provides potable water to customers. You can take the..." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "Be a leak detective! Household leaks waste nearly 1 trillion gallons of water nationwide. Take a walk around your property to check for leaks by: 💧Feel the soil in areas where irrigation or pipes should be off or sealed. 💧 Listen for d..." (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with your next update!

— 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.