Light Display Launches This Week + Man Points Gun-Shaped Item

Up and at 'em, Watsonville! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

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First, today's weather:

More clouds than sun. High: 64 Low: 48.

Here are the top stories today in and around Watsonville:

1. Watsonville Holiday Lights Opens Friday: How To Get Tickets (Watsonville Patch)
2. UC Santa Cruz: $8.8 Million Federal Grant To Help Teens Succeed In College (Press Release Desk)
3. Man points gun-shaped lighters at people passing by in Santa Cruz County (KION)
4. California Monarch Butterflies Fluttering Back After Record Low (Santa Cruz Patch)
5. Santa Cruz County leaders call on Gov. Newsom for road repairs (KSBW The Central Coast)
6. Man points gun-shaped lighters at people passing by in Santa Cruz County (KION)

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Today in Watsonville:

• School Site Council Meeting - Pajaro Valley High (5:00 PM)

Watsonville Patch Notebook

• City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department: "Missed our meeting on the design of Ramsay Park? There’s still lots of other opportunities to provide input. Complete our short survey by 11/30, check out the meeting recording in our website or reach out to us directly. https://www.surv..." (Facebook)
• Watsonville Rec: "Missed our meeting on the design of Ramsay Park? There’s still lots of other opportunities to provide input. Complete our short survey (link in bio) by 11/30, check out the meeting recording in our website or reach out to us directly. #r..." (Instagram)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "PV Water values stormwater with projects like the Harkins Slough System Recharge and Recovery Facility, Watsonville Slough System Managed Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project and the now official project of Recharge Net Metering Project..." (Facebook)
• Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "Our PV Water Board of Directors Meets virtually this evening. To see the Agenda, Packet and URL to join tonight's meeting got to our website." (Facebook)

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