Arts & Culture

Community Bridges has chosen Hijos del Sol of Salinas to design and create a new mural in the heart of Pajaro on a wall on the 400 block of Salinas Road.  Community bridges stated in a press release that the work will portray “a lasting...

Work continues on two art projects that are part of an upgrade for Ramsay Park, thanks to the efforts unfolding at the Muzzio Mosaic Art.

These senior classmates deliver a tune during an open house at Watsonville Union High School on April 27, 1955. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

These folks gather for a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1954, for the Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville.

Two nights at Miracle Springs Resort and Spa in Desert Hot Springs, as it has in the past, offered a relaxing, quiet spot in the center of Palm Desert that served as home base as we branched out across the desert floor.  Breakfast at the...

Members of the United Crusade pose for a group photo as they prepare for a fundraiser to youth services on Oct. 8, 1955. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

TEEN TALENT Josefina Rocha welcomes of crowd of around 50 people Wednesday to the PV Arts Porter Building where a large indoor mural—created by teens in the Teen Artés program—was unveiled. Artist Melissa Marzan coached a dozen local teens in the once-a-week gathering to...

A new art exhibit that spells out 55 years of work by local artist Yermo Aranda is now on exhibit at the Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway.  With a lengthy history of working with area youths and organizations on a wealth of murals at...

Thanksgiving this year included a 2,575-mile road trip, 21 relatives, two states, eight motels and a wide array of restaurants, both great and not so great. My wife Sarah and I left Watsonville on Highway 129 to Highway 152 in Gilroy for breakfast in Casa...