From Our Archives: March on
These women take part in the Mother's March in Watsonville on Jan. 30, 1957.
More than 400 women were set to take part in the event to raise money for polio. They raised $4,800 the previous year, and that year were aiming for $5,000.
Countywide Ripple Effect Art Festival runs through April 26
A countywide celebration of visual and performing arts kicked off April 16 and will run through April 26.
The Ripple Effect Santa Cruz County Arts Festival is the County’s effort to highlight the creative community during California’s Arts, Culture and Creativity Month.
Organizers said the event...
First organic artichokes growing in Watsonville
Anyone rolling along Riverside Drive into Watsonville from Highway 1 lately must have noticed the new, healthy welcome mat—20 acres of organic artichokes popping their thistle heads up at the Sadie Ranch. The organic crop is a first for the Pajaro Valley.
The crop, known...
From Our Archives: A peek into Santa Cruz’s past
The 1882 Records Building—today called the Octagon Building—is shown in Santa Cruz in 1954. It is now part of the popular Abbott Square at Cooper and Front streets.v(Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)
New exhibit at Aptos Library features animals to abstracts
Eighteen artworks by Watsonville artist Sefla Joseph are now on exhibit at the Aptos Public Library, along with a show by Aptos artist Diane Levin.
Spread around the facility, Joseph’s works include abstract portraits done with charcoal, chalk, and ink and paintings in acrylic/mixed media...
Countryside Art Festival includes Watsonville
A countywide celebration of visual and performing arts is set to run April 16–26. The Ripple Effect Santa Cruz County Arts Festival is the County’s effort to highlight the creative community during California’s Arts, Culture and Creativity Month.
Organizers said the event brings together local...
Taking the back roads to Paso Robles
On a recent road trip to Atascadero, a city that lies about 115 miles south of Watsonville, my wife Sarah and I took umpteen diversions off the main highway to gather a better sense of the Salinas Valley and surroundings.
Heading out San Miguel Canyon...
Aptos library exhibit shows early farm life in Day Valley
Farm tools, toys and kitchen equipment from the early 1900s are on display at the Aptos Public Library.
The display, in several glass cabinets sprinkled around the library, are from the Aptos History Museum’s collection of the Silva Farm in Day Valley.
John Hibble of the...
From Our Archives: Public Transportation
A city bus rolls along Main Street into the Watsonville Transit Square on March 23, 1954. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)
Saldana’s record-setting performance lifts ‘Catz flag football over PCS | Weeklys...
The Watsonville High girls flag football team extended their win streak to four following a crushing 40-0 victory over Pacific Collegiate School in Pacific...
