🌱 Honoring Dispatchers + Starbucks Lawsuits

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on in Watsonville today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 61 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

1. Unseen First Responders Honored: Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (Watsonville Patch)
2. 2 Starbucks In Santa Cruz Accuse Corporate Of Unfair Practices: Report (Santa Cruz Patch)
3. Police Keep An Eye Out For Distracted Drivers During Awareness Month (Santa Cruz Patch)
4. Who’s Hiring Throughout Watsonville: This Week’s Newest Job Openings (Watsonville Patch)
5. Warwick man wanted in California murder arrested attempting to steal a boat (WPRI)
6. Despite shake-up, Actors’ Theatre’s ‘8 Tens’ show will go on (Lookout Santa Cruz)
7. Workers vote to form the first Starbucks store unions in Massachusetts (WCVB Boston)
8. Humbolt County murder suspect arrested in Santa Cruz (KSBW)
9. $6 million in damages during strip mall fire in Santa Cruz546 (KION)

Today in Watsonville:

• Living Trust Seminar - Salinas, CA - April 12, 2022 (10:00 AM)
• Living Trust Seminar - Marina, CA - April 12, 2022 (12:30 PM)
• Homework Help @ La Selva Beach - La Selva Beach Branch Library (3:00 PM)
• Animation Creation Club - Watsonville Public Library (3:30 PM)
• Open House - Watsonville High (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Watsonville Rec: "Thank you to all of our families who made the trip to Santa Clara this Sunday. The day was filled with fun, food, and friends. Our comp teams represented our community with character. ⚽️🥇💛#watsonvillerec #weriseup" (Instagram)
• City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department: "Thank you to all of our families who made the trip to Santa Clara this Sunday. The day was filled with fun, food, and friends. Our comp teams represented our community with character. ⚽️🥇💛#watsonvillerec #weriseup" (Facebook)
• Watsonville Family YMCA: "Keeping you informed! The facility will be closed on Easter Sunday. We wish everyone a Happy Easter. Manteniéndote informado! El centro permanecerá cerrado el Domingo de Resurrección. Deseamos a todos unas Felices Pascuas." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "No single wet year will eliminate the long-term water resource challenges facing our community! PV Water's ongoing basin management activities are working to protect our most vital resource — groundwater." (Facebook)

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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