Home | The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA

Featured

Advocates call for larger school pesticide buffer zones

June 18, 2026

Featured

Meat markets grapple with price hikes

June 11, 2026

QUICK LINKS:

Pajaro Valley Health Care District seeks applicants for Measure N oversight committee

Local News

The Pajaro Valley Health Care District is seeking community members to serve on the Measure N Citizens’ Oversight Committee, which monitors spending of bond...

County budget includes cuts to Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Local News

Santa Cruz County supervisors are set to make final decisions Wednesday on a proposed $1.3 billion county budget that would restore more than $1...

Monica Martinez named Pride Month honoree

Local News

Santa Cruz County Supervisor Monica Martinez has been selected as state Sen. John Laird’s 2026 Pride Month honoree and was recognized Tuesday at the...

Aptos’ Nick Bjorn recognized as SCCAL’s top boys golfer

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Nick Bjorn was named the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Most Valuable Player for his superb play on the golf course...

Aptos’ Cole McGillicuddy earns first team honors | All-SCCAL baseball

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Cole McGillicuddy earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors for the 2026 baseball season. The Cal-Berkeley commit batted a .500...

Aptos’ Kalina Healy shares honors as SCCAL’s top player | High school softball

High School Sports

Aptos High junior Kalina Healy took the initiative to workout in the batting cage and in the weight room weeks before the softball season...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

WPD officer hurt in foot pursuit

June 22, 2026

This story was updated at 5pm, June 22 A Watsonville Police officer was injured on the job Monday morning during a pursuit of a woman...

PVUSD threat suspect arrested

June 19, 2026

Editor's note: this story has been updated with a response from Lookout CEO Ken Doctor. A 22-year-old woman accused of threatening the Pajaro Valley Unified...

One East Lake Avenue crash victim identified

June 16, 2026

One of the teen victims killed in a two-car crash just outside Watsonville Sunday night has been identified as Carlos Angeles from Soquel. His...

Capitola police: man took photos of girls at beach

June 15, 2026

Capitola police are asking for the public’s help after a Soquel man was arrested in connection with an investigation involving children at Capitola Beach. Derek...

OPINION

I recently read “The Cult of Trump” by Dr. Steven Hassan, which was published in 2019—before Mr. Trump was first elected president. Hassan was actually in a cult in the early 1970s: The Unification Church, nicknamed “The Moonies,” so named because its leader was Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a South...