Watsonville To Lose City Manager + A New Kind Of Strawberry

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

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and comfortable. High: 72 Low: 54.

Here are the top stories today in and around Watsonville:

1. Cloudscape billows above Moss Landing power plant (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
2. Santa Cruz City Council set to hire Watsonville's city manager, Matt Huffaker (Lookout Santa Cruz)
3. Free Local Giveaway: Redwood Adventures, Train Ride, Museum Passes (Watsonville Patch)
4. US companies announce plans for gene-edited strawberries (San Francisco Chronicle)
5. Granite Construction: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (SFGate)

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Today in Watsonville:

• Music In Plaza: Día de Muertos Performances & Movie 2021: Watsonville (6:00 PM)

Watsonville Patch Notebook

• Watsonville Police Department: "We’d like to thank Good Shepherd Catholic School and its student leadership council for donating more than $300 to our Pink Patch Project campaign! The students put in a lot of effort and sold otter pops to raise funds for local familie..." (Instagram)
• Pajaro Valley Arts Council: "Join us in celebrating Dia de los Muertos! 💀 Along with this year's Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit, we have some exciting events planned. This Saturday, October 30th there will be a Candlelight Vigil at the Watsonville Plaza. Afterwards, st..." (Facebook)
• City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "[ENG] 50% of the greenhouse gases created by Watsonville come from transportation. As part of our Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, our city is working to reduce these emissions by continuing to build and improve trails and bike lanes to..." (Facebook)

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