City’s Housing Element passed on 5-2 vote

The Watsonville City Council approved the city's Housing Element on a 5-2 vote Tuesday after being assured by the city that the document merely identified where housing could be built, and did not constitute any real plan to build there.
The meeting started with a refutation of the Register-Pajaronian's Tuesday story, which incorrectly inferred that the Housing Element contained
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Posted by Ramiro Andrade

Second suspect arrested for Apple Hill homicide

A second man has been arrested in the March homicide of a Hollister man in the Apple Hill neighborhood of Watsonville.
According to Watsonville police Sgt. Saul Gonzalez, officers arrested Jose Avelino Sandoval, 26, Thursday at his Salinas home following an investigation, which he said is still ongoing. The arrest comes 12 days after Watsonville police detective Jarrod Pisturino
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Los latinos tienen poder sobre las elecciones legislativas

[Posted by Zelene Valencia]

Los latinos serán "una fuerza poderosa" en las elecciones legislativas de este año en EEUU, pero tanto demócratas como republicanos tendrán que aplicarse para ganar su "crucial" voto, y en esa labor jugará un papel decisivo la reforma migratoria.

El estudio "El poder del voto latino en Estados Unidos", difundido por la organización America's Voice, afirma que el resultado de las elecciones legislativas que se celebrarán en noviembre dependerá en gran medida de cómo afronten ambos partidos y sus respectivos candidatos el gran debate de la reforma migratoria.

www.impre.com/noticias/2010/2/14/los-latinos-tienen-poder-sobre-173037-1.html