🌱 Watsonville Film Festival + Santa Cruz Ukraine Rally

Welcome back, Watsonville! Let's get you all caught up to start this Tuesday, March 1 off on an informed note. Here's what's going on today in Watsonville.

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First, today's weather:

Sun and areas of high clouds. High: 75 Low: 44.

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Here are the top stories in Watsonville today:

1. Watsonville Film Festival celebrates 10th anniversary (The Pajaronian)
2. Santa Cruz Rallies For Ukraine (Santa Cruz Patch)
3. Santa Cruz County cases, hospitalizations continue to drop (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
4. Santa Cruz Receives $50K To Help Fund New Playground (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. UC Santa Cruz: Elephant Seals' Map Sense Tells Them When To Head 'Home' (Press Release Desk)
6. UC Santa Cruz: A Slow-Motion Section Of The San Andreas Fault May Not Be So Harmless After All (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Homework Help @ La Selva Beach - La Selva Beach Branch Library (3:00 PM)
• Lego® Master Builders - Watsonville City Main Calendar (3:30 PM)
• Lego® Master Builders - Watsonville Public Library (3:30 PM)
• March Ceiba Board of Director Meeting (Events) (5:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Larkin Valley: "Cost of living and Homelessness - First off I am not asking for money or anything I just would like to get some feedback from anyone who wishes to chime in. Hopefully everyone can be civil in the replies . I was forced to retire early y..." (Nextdoor)

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• Watsonville Taiko Beginner Classes - Spring 2022 (March 4)
• Watsonville Taiko - Intro to Taiko for Kids (age 7 and up) (March 4)
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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another 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.