PVUSD board honors longtime coach Roland Hedgpeth
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly said that Hedgpeth is a former coach. He still coaches for Watsonville High School.
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved naming Watsonville High School’s athletic facility to honor longtime...
Driscoll’s names new CEO
Driscoll’s announced Tuesday that Brie Reiter Smith has been named chief executive officer of the Watsonville-based berry company, succeeding Soren Bjorn.
The company made the announcement in a press release, but stated there would be no further information released on the decision.
Smith, who has served...
Two vying for PVUSD Trustee Area 5 seat
Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of stories on the four seats up for election on the PVUSD Board of Trustees. Look to future editions for trustee areas 1, 4 and 7.
Two candidates are vying for the seat.
Alicia Jimenez recently retired...
PVUSD looks ahead to new school year
Pajaro Valley Unified School District is beginning the new school year with rising test scores at several campuses, students taking a larger role in shaping district policy and construction poised to begin on a long-awaited performing arts center at Pajaro Valley High School.
In an...
Watsonville City Council District 5
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories on the Watsonville City Council race, for which two seats are up for grabs. Next week’s issue will feature the District 7 race, in which Nancy Bilicich is facing Ed Acosta. Mayor Kristal Salcido and...
A honey of an honor for Rivas Bees
Anselmo Rivas has spent much of his life working in agriculture, from tending his family’s farm as a teenager in Mexico to managing apple orchards in the Pajaro Valley. He now owns and operates Rivas Bees.
But his passion now, after retiring from a lifetime...
PVUSD Trustee Area 5 candidate Curt Wilcox talks qualifications, defends past
Curt Wilcox says he is running for a seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees with a lifetime of experience as a working-class businessman and father, though he acknowledged he has never attended a district board meeting and has not...
Time for ‘Holy Impatience’ in troubling times
I write this column not particularly spiritually centered but deeply troubled. We are less than 70 days away from the most important midterm election...
