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Aptos’ Ella Porter makes debut in professional flag football league

Aptos High senior Ella Porter trained for seven days a week on her craft as the quarterback for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League...

WHS standout heads to Stanford

Watsonville High School senior Acuzena Sandoval had her pick of colleges — from several UC campuses to the Ivy League. She chose Stanford. The decision capped...

Wedding dresses over the years

One hundred years of wedding dresses from local women, spanning each decade between 1890 to 1990, are now on display at the Pajaro Valley...

New Leaf Energy may seek state approval for Minto Road BESS facility

New Leaf Energy, the company proposing a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility for Minto Road in Watsonville, has submitted a pre-application to the...

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Castroville man dies in head-on crash in Moss Landing

A Castroville man died early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Moss Landing. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said emergency officials responded to a...

Man found with illegal gun

A Watsonville man was arrested for possession an illegal gun early Sunday morning following a traffic stop by the California Highway Patrol. CHP officer Israel...

Photo story: One injured in head-on crash

Emergency officials deal with a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on the 2500 block of Freedom Boulevard. The California Highway Patrol said the male driver of...

Deputies: Man drove stolen car to face charges for stealing a...

A man was arrested Tuesday for driving a stolen car to the Monterey County Superior Courthouse in Salinas, where he was scheduled to appear...

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A Castroville man died early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Moss Landing. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said emergency officials responded to a head-on collision in the area of Highway 1 and Springfield Road in Moss Landing at 12:47am. While the California Highway Patrol was investigating the incident, they...

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WHS standout heads to Stanford

Watsonville High School senior Acuzena Sandoval had her pick of colleges — from several UC campuses to the Ivy League. She chose Stanford. The decision capped...

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Watsonville Personal Injury Lawyers Protect You From Insurance Company Lowball Offers

Published in cooperation between Braff Law Firm and the Pajaronian It’s a matter of stopping injustice in its tracks. Watsonville faces an alarming rate of pedestrian...