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🌱 Watsonville Daily: Free COVID Tests + Starbucks Union

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Get on up, Watsonville! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing around Watsonville today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 66 Low: 38.

Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

  1. Watsonville Offers Assistance Ordering Free COVID-19 Tests (Watsonville Patch)
  2. Hospital Capacity In Watsonville Area: See The Latest (Watsonville Patch)
  3. Drone keeping an eye on Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Herald)
  4. The fight to save Elkhorn Slough's Olympia oysters (Pacifica Tribune)
  5. 'A lot of increased interest, a lot of desire': New business permit extensions aim to revitalize downtown (Lookout Santa Cruz)
  6. Starbucks workers in Santa Cruz file to unionize (KSBW Monterey)
  7. Western monarch butterfly numbers rebound in Santa Cruz, but below historic levels (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  8. Sizing Up California's New Police Reform Laws (Good Times Weekly)
  9. Strike Averted as SEIU Local 521 Reaches Agreement with County (Good Times Weekly)

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Today in Watsonville:

  • R.E.A.D.: Reach Every Amazing Detail @ La Selva Beach (3:00 PM)
  • Wrestling Match - Watsonville High (3:00 PM)
  • B.Bball @ Greenfield - Watsonville High (4:00 PM)
  • Wrestling vs. N.Salinas/NMC - Watsonville High (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "Employment opportunities! We're hiring for the following positions. Visit our website to view the full job descriptions and application deadlines. Apply online today at www.cityofwatsonville.org" (Facebook)
  • Watsonville Rec: "The City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department is seeking highly responsible, people- oriented individuals, for the position of Facility Attendant. As a Facility Attendant, you will be responsible for facilitating and su..." (Instagram)
  • Watsonville American Little League: "Here is the tryout schedule for the coming month" (Facebook)
  • Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "💧 PV Water Adopts AMP 2022 for Upcoming College Lake Project - " (Facebook)
  • Pajaro Valley Arts Council: "We know we have some fabulous teen artists in Pajaro Valley! Time to get your applications in!" (Facebook)


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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.

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