Candy Crawl + Storm Impacts + Windows Shattered On Highway 17

Good day, neighbors! Courtney Teague here with a fresh issue of the Watsonville Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and cool. High: 65 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in and around Watsonville:

1. Free Downtown Watsonville Candy Crawl: Trick-Or-Treat At Local Businesses (Watsonville Patch)
2. UC Santa Cruz: Seagrass Restoration Study Shows Rapid Recovery Of Ecosystem Functions (Press Release Desk)
3. Highway 17 Briefly Closed After 2 Car Windows Shattered (Santa Cruz Patch)
4. Santa Cruz Co. Storm Latest: Power Outages, Road Closures (Santa Cruz Patch)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Community Health Trust Touch-A-Truck Event (4:00 PM)
• Santa Cruz County Redistricting Public Hearing (6:30 PM)

Watsonville Patch Notebook

• Watsonville Family YMCA: "Come join our aqua aerobics. Where at our Y, our community is the ocean and our members are the tidal waves of change." (Facebook)
• City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "Many Halloween and Día de los Muertos celebrations are high risk for spreading COVID-19. We need to do as much as we can to protect ourselves and others. Take steps to help keep our community safe: get vaccinated, stay home if you are si..." (Facebook)
• Watsonville Police Activities League (PAL): "Did you feel that?! Felt like an earthquake! Over the weekend our kids attended a San Jose Earthquakes Soccer Match @ PayPal Park. Walked away with a commemorative replica championship ring honoring The Quakes 2001 Championship. Fun nigh..." (Facebook)
• Watsonville Rec: "Join us at the Watsonville Senior Center for Latin Dance lessons begining this Friday at 10am Sing up as a member to participate in this free class. Must be 50+ Contact the Watsonville Senior Center for more information (831)768-3277" (Instagram)

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