🌱 Event Of The Year + Opioid Discussion

Rise and shine, Watsonville! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A passing morning shower. High: 64 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

1. Santa Tour Named Event Of The Year In Watsonville (Patch)
2. Fentanyl Crisis Town Hall Scheduled For Santa Cruz County (Patch)
3. Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system goes online in Moss Landing (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
4. Photos: Watsonville Wildcatz baseball alumni game (The Pajaronian)
5. Who's Hiring In The Watsonville Area? See New Local Jobs (Watsonville Patch)
6. UCSC researcher completes human genome sequencing (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
7. Q&A: Has there ever been a real estate market this crazy before? (Lookout Santa Cruz)
8. 'We've turned our backs on the river': Laurie Egan works to revive, transform the San Lorenzo River (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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Today in Watsonville:

• El Mercado Farmers' Market (2:00 PM)
• Homework Help @ La Selva Beach - La Selva Beach Branch Library (3:00 PM)
• District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) Meeting (6:15 PM)
• Pajama Storytime - Watsonville City Main Calendar (7:00 PM)
• Pajama Storytime - Watsonville Public Library (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Pajaro Valley Chamber: "WOMAN OF THE YEAR - RENEE MELLO! 💛💛" (Facebook)
• Watsonville Rec: "Youth Sports is strengthening relationships one T-Ball swing at a time! ⚾️ #watsonvillerec Happy Monday Watsonville 💛🥇" (Instagram)
• City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department: "Youth Sports is strengthening relationships one T-Ball swing at a time! ⚾️ #watsonvillerec Happy Monday Watsonville 💛🥇" (Facebook)
• Division A Toastmasters, District 101: "Don't let Parliamentary Procedure hold you back, learn to master your meetings with the Pros of Peninsula Pros. In his interactive workshop Distinguished Toastmaster, Carl Thormeyer, 15 year District Parliamentarian, will show us how to ..." (Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with another update!

— Sara Schaefer

About me: I am originally from the wonderful town of Fort Wayne, Indiana and now live in the California East Bay. With Midwest roots in my heart, I have a love for all the simple things in life: family, outdoors, good music and food! Wanting to share people's stories and be a voice for them, I began my journalism career in broadcast news after graduating from Ball State University with a degree in Journalism and a degree in Telecommunications. My love for writing goes back to as long as a I can remember. I strive to write stories that are meaningful and have an impact. (Human interest stories are my favorite!) When not at work, I love spending time with friends and family or doing anything involving nature. I'm a big animal lover and an overprotective cat mom. As a Local Editor for Patch, I cover stories in Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Santa Cruz and Watsonville. I would love to hear your stories and connect with you to learn how to best share what's going on in your community. Please feel free to send your thoughts my way at Sara.schaefer@patch.com