From the endless dunes of Namibia to the white splendor of the Salar de Uyuni, passing through the glaciers of Patagonia, 2026 is loaded with accommodations that promise to transform the way we travel ...

And on the Watsonville Patch calendar - Cars and Coffee ...

How the Watsonville City Council handles remote meetings — particularly disruptions of any nature — could change soon as the council voted Tuesday to approve a resolution ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:51 p.m. in in Santa Cruz County, California. Spanish Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and ...

This year’s Humanities EXPLORE Program fellows are adventurous and ambitious, transcribing 300-year–old texts, helping to revitalize forgotten languages, exploring archives, and learning from faculty ...

The Chumash villages stretched from Malibu to Paso Robles. A community in Santa Paula was called mupu. Chumash lived in ta'apu in what is now Simi Valley. In Ventura, native people lived in different ...

Legal advocates warn of a multi-state scam targeting immigrant communities, with victims losing thousands through fake ...

People’s Coffee just opened a new location in a kiosk at 936 Almar Ave., near U-Save Liquors. Hours are 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday and 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

California's iconic Highway 1 is one of the country's most scenic drives. Now that the route has been reopened, here are the best stops along the way.

Often overlooked, La Palma is one of the most-westerly and youngest Canary Islands, having only erupted out of the Atlantic 1.7million years ago. With some of the steepest terrain on the planet, it ...

Over the weekend, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Lila Downs returned to the Bay Area for back-to-back performances, ...

In a rare bipartisan response, Congress members intervened after ICE detained a family of South Texas mariachi musicians ...