Arts & Culture

Field workers harvest a strawberry crop along San Andreas Road in Watsonville in 1954.

Watsonville Union High School students pull a prank on a fellow student on April Fool's Day, Apr. 1, 1957.

On a recent one-day drive through San Jose, my wife, Sarah, and I took in a wealth of rich sites, from the red salty shore of Alviso Marina County Park, the splashy shops of Santana Row, and to the north, the calm and rolling...

Thanks to the efforts of the Pajaro Valley Arts and a cast of volunteers, the 20th annual “Sculpture IS: In the Garden” has been installed at the two-acre Sierra Azul Nursery demonstration gardens in Watsonville. “With twenty successful exhibitions behind us, we are excited to...

Boys on a Pee-Wee Softball team suit up for a game in Watsonville on Jan. 16, 1957. (Sam Vestal/ Pajaronian file)

Two exhibitions open together at PV Arts in downtown Watsonville on May 26 that explore the world of print and image-making.  “Over the Edge: Printmaking Without Limits” showcases experimental print practices that push the medium past its standard boundaries, while “Voice for the Voiceless: The...

Watsonville Union High School takes on Santa Cruz High on Feb. 8, 1957.

Megan Kavanaugh (lower left) of Bio S.I. and Gina Bella Colfer of Wilbur Ellis Organics enjoy lunch along with about 280 other women at Agri-Culture’s 18th Annual Down to Earth Women’s Luncheon Thursday at Driscoll’s Rancho Corralitos. Speeches, an auction and lively conversation filled...

Dozens of people gathered on the upper floor of the Civic Plaza Building in downtown Watsonville Wednesday to celebrate the annual PVUSD student art exhibition. The exhibit, which can be seen throughout the building, features 315 works of art from students ranging from kindergarten–12th grade....

Foreign visitors get a tour of the Garbage Department in Watsonville on Jan. 19, 1957.