As days become shorter, youth sports programs sometimes must also shorten their practices. That’s because many parks that teams use lack lighting at night.
Watsonville residents have complained, and the city said their complaints have been heard. What’s lacking, the city says, is about $2-million-dollars in funding necessary to install the lights. The city says it hopes state grants will pay for the lights and planning will soon be underway.
Coaches say the need for indoor practice areas — used after dark — becomes even more critical once daylight savings time ends and sunset occurs an hour earlier.
