PVUSD trustees to appoint interim superintendent
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday are scheduled to appoint an interim superintendent to take the top spot while the district conducts a national search for a permanent one.
Also during that meeting, the trustees will select a firm to...
Pajaro Middle School restoration work to begin
Nearly one year ago, flood waters from the Pajaro River inundated Pajaro Middle School, closing the school and forcing hundreds of students to relocate. Now, restoration work will soon begin to allow them to return in August.
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of...
Briefs: Kabwasa to perform in Watsonville
Kabwasa to perform in Watsonville
Singer-songwriter Kabwasa, a Watsonville native, will return to his hometown for a show on Oct. 28.
Kabwasa will be joined by special guests at Cerveceros Union Tap Room, 410 Rodriguez St. in Watsonville, at 7pm.
The performance is open to those age...
Watsonville Plaza fair to highlight alternative transportation
WATSONVILLE—The Transit Equity/Rosa Parks’ Day Family Fair will unfold in downtown Watsonville Saturday at Watsonville Plaza.
Attendees will be able to test out e-bicycles with Royal Dutch Gazelle e-Bicycles, meet local organizations like Regeneracion, the Community Bike Collective, Ecology Action, and Friends of the Rail...
School arts funding bill among seven propositions on Nov. 8 ballot
In 2008, as the economic recession was ravaging communities nationwide, school districts were forced to take a close look at their budgets, and in many cases make massive cuts to preserve the meat of their programs.
The first casualties of this across-the-board slashing were often...
PHOTO: Police serve search warrant on Cereze Street
Watsonville Police are joined by other law agencies in serving a search warrant just after 6am Friday at a home on the 500 block of Cereze Street, just off of Bridge Street. The move was part of an ongoing investigation, according to Watsonville Police...
Aptos beach cleanup seeks volunteers
On March 25 from 2-4pm, the Mount Madonna School fifth grade class is organizing a community beach cleanup of Platforms Beach in Aptos. Volunteers of all ages are invited to join in the effort; the students will supply trash bags and buckets, and each...
Criminal justice, healthcare and more among new laws for ’23
With a flurry of new laws ready to take effect, the Pajaronian took a look at a handful of the more notable ones, which take on several aspects of criminal justice, health services and firearms.Â
WALKING A FINE LINE
Before Assembly Bill 2147 was signed into...
PHOTO: Final journey for Santa Cruz firefighter
California Highway Patrol officer Sam Courtney leads a procession Wednesday for the hearse (second in line) carrying the late Santa Cruz City Fire Capt. Brian Tracy. After a two-year battle with brain cancer, Tracy died April 27. He was born and raised in Santa...
Briefs: Cabrillo Gallery displays work of retired faculty
Cabrillo Gallery displays work of retired faculty
Cabrillo Gallery presents the work of six recently retired faculty from the Art Studio program at Cabrillo College in its first fall exhibition, “Time Untethered II: Andrea Borsuk, Julia Feld, Angela Gleason, Gina Pearlin, Margaret Rinkovsky and Ann...
Wildcatz boys’ basketball defeats Salinas in season-opener | Weeklys Sports Roundup
Watsonville junior Max Aceves had a team-best 21 points for the Wildcatz boys’ basketball team in its 63-52 win over Salinas in non-league action...