Johanna Miller

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Reporter Johanna Miller grew up in Watsonville, attending local public schools and Cabrillo College before transferring to Pacific University Oregon to study Literature. She covers arts and culture, business, nonprofits and agriculture.

Local organizations, businesses promote Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2020

Church Christmas Tree Farms open for business

November 27, 2020

Program gives youth access to environmental education, work experience

November 24, 2020

Author explores undiagnosed Asperger’s in ‘The Driveway Rules’

November 24, 2020

7-Eleven owners donate 150 Thanksgiving turkeys to community

November 23, 2020

Cabrillo Gallery holds annual fundraising exhibit

November 20, 2020

Four Winds Growers sees uptick in sales during pandemic

November 20, 2020

LGBTQ community makes big strides in 2020 elections

November 19, 2020

WHS teacher publishes Spanish-language book on education

November 17, 2020

O’Neill Sea Odyssey offers free virtual event for students

November 13, 2020

City pens official apology to Filipino community for 1930 race riots

November 12, 2020

Second Harvest’s annual Holiday Food Drive goes virtual

November 12, 2020

Faith leaders create virtual vigil for Post Acute patients

November 10, 2020

New leaders take reins on Santa Cruz County education boards

November 9, 2020

Covid, fires throw renters, landlords into deeper bind

November 5, 2020

Hernandez maintains lead for Cabrillo Board seat

November 3, 2020

Wall, Nichols, Acosta coming out ahead in COE races

November 3, 2020

PV Arts opens ‘Mi Casa es Tu Casa’ exhibit

October 29, 2020

Watsonville Library, Hospice organization to host virtual event

October 28, 2020

City to host Drive-Thru Trunk-or-Treat event Friday

October 27, 2020

Watsonville resident takes to the sky on 92nd birthday

October 23, 2020

City closes first period of cannabis applications

October 22, 2020

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ARTS & CULTURE

How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago

June 6, 2025

For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...

Man dies in Aptos house fire

June 6, 2025

County supervisors signal support for MHCAN, other ‘safety net’ services

June 6, 2025

Opinion

How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago

June 6, 2025

Are we in the midst of a cultural revolution?

June 3, 2025

Beyond Division: Restoring Focus on Students and Progress—a letter from PVFT

May 23, 2025