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October 2, 2026

Ending a career of helping farms with nature

After a quarter-century with the Pajaro Valley-based Wild Farm Alliance, Executive Director Jo Ann Baumgartner has recently retired. She has been with the organization for...

Officials reflect on budget, successes in first state-of-the-county address

Standing at the new Felton pump track a few weeks ago, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Chair Monica Martinez watched children race around...

Election 2026: Prop. 44 draws local opposition

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce and Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County join Santa Cruz...

Watsonville’s second skatepark ramping up

Near the terminus of the new bike path along South Green Valley Road—at the entrance to Pinto Lake County Park—lies a construction site that,...

Mariners remain unbeaten in SCCAL play | Girls flag football

The Aptos High girls flag football team continued their dominance in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after winning their 15 consecutive game in...

Dientes expands pediatric services

Though Jody Chiang just started as a dentist at Dientes in July, her journey with the organization began years before when she sat in...
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CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Curt Wilcox

PVUSD candidate Curt Wilcox arrested on felony charges

The man running for the Area 5 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees has been arrested on felony charges. Curt...
brett miller

Brett Miller, with ‘appalling’ criminal record, returned to prison

Brett Miller, a Watsonville man with a 40-year history of wild crimes, is going back to prison for two years after 15 years of...

Woman, 78, arrested in hit-and-run crash

An 81-year-old woman suffered major injuries early Monday after she was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run crash that led to an arrest...

Driver pleads not guilty to killing bicyclist in Soquel crash

A Santa Cruz man pleaded not guilty Monday to felony vehicular manslaughter, impaired driving and suspended license charges for a recent fatal collision involving...

OPINION

Joe Gallagher
The Pajaronian recently published articles about potential closures of some services at Watsonville Community Hospital. I have a different view of our hospital’s situation that I would like to share. When WCH was purchased out of bankruptcy, it had less than 10 days’ cash. Most hospitals have about 150 days’...

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Jo Ann Baumgartner

Ending a career of helping farms with nature

After a quarter-century with the Pajaro Valley-based Wild Farm Alliance, Executive Director Jo Ann Baumgartner has recently retired. She has been with the organization for...

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