Arts & Culture

On the last leg of our 10-day road trip from Watsonville to Southern California, my wife Sarah and I bid farewell to family in San Diego County, packed up and departed the Great Western Hotel on the rocky shoreline of Carlsbad. Heading north on Highway...

Republicans gather to get out the vote for the 34th U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower on Nov. 6, 1956. Better known as Ike, he served as president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

Editor's note: This is part 4 of Tarmo Hannula's recent trip to Los Angeles Packing up and heading south on day five of our road trip to southern California, my wife Sarah and I rolled through a number of towns and cities on our way...

A new art exhibit is going up at PV Arts at the Porter Building in downtown Watsonville and runs from Aug. 4 through Sept. 19.  “Body Marking: Art, Ritual & Story” explores global practice of marking the body as a form of personal expression, cultural...

Settling into the Sunset West Best Western Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, my wife Sarah and I had a couple days to explore the old and new of one of America’s largest cities.  In this third part of a series, we wander the...

Girl Scouts lend a hand keeping book shelves tidy at the hospital on Dec. 20, 1956.

These are a collection of images that did not make it into stories, but we think should be enjoyed. Do you have a photo you’d like to be considered for our gallery? Send it to editor@pajaronian.com.

The First Aloha Music & Arts Festival, inspired by the spirit of aloha and Hawaii, will take place at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds July 31, and Aug. 1. The free event will feature music, art and crafts, and food that celebrates Hawaiian, Polynesian,...

These high school juniors lend a hand helping the Blood Bank for the Red Cross on Dec. 27, 1956.

On day two of our nine-day road trip to Los Angeles in May, My wife Sarah and I headed south from Santa Barbara, but not before we scouted out the burial site of my mother’s parents at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.  Thanks to online research,...