PVUSD Board to consider Deputy Superintendent position
Pajaro Valley Unified School District trustees on Wednesday will consider creating a new deputy superintendent position and approving a three-year contract for the role.
The district says the new position would replace the assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and professional development position, which tops out...
Students honored for their ‘Limitless Potential’
A group of film students from Diamond Technology Institute in Watsonville will travel to Los Angeles on May 23 to be honored at the California Student Media Festival for their documentary, “Limitless Potential.”
The 7-minute film features Cristal Gonzalez, a Watsonville High School alumna whom...
Laird bill will help Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville Community Hospital could receive millions in emergency state funding under a budget measure signed this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at helping financially distressed hospitals avoid closure.
The funding comes through Assembly Bill 108, an emergency appropriations measure that creates a one-time grant...
Homeless camp residents get eviction notices
“Notice to vacate” fliers were handed out to a clutch of people Thursday at noon at a longstanding homeless encampment on Airport Boulevard in Watsonville.
Escorted by Watsonville Police, a property manager passed the notices to people to inform them that a clean up of...
Countywide cleanup nets 3,205 pounds of trash
The third-annual Pitch In All County Cleanup Day ran May 9 with over 100 organizations targeting litter between Davenport and the Pajaro Valley.
Sally-Christine Rodgers, organizer for the local group Trash Talkers, said early results show 635 people participated in the massive clean up, that...
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on 13 homes
Housing advocates, city leaders and elected officials gathered May 8 to celebrate the groundbreaking of Evan Circle, a new 13-home affordable housing development in Watsonville.
The project by Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay is intended to help the city meet affordable housing goals.
Keynote speaker Congresswoman...
Hernandez skipped years of campaign disclosures
One of the candidates for the hotly contested 4th District seat on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Felipe Hernandez, has filed his financial statements late for three years, a violation of campaign law.
According to Santa Cruz County Clerk Tricia Webber, Hernandez submitted...
Pajaro Valley High students taking flight
On Tuesday, Pajaro Valley High School junior Valeria Melgoza-Ortiz was busy riveting the tail section of an airplane that one day next year will take her into the skies above Watsonville.
Melgoza-Ortiz is one of 22 Pajaro Valley High school students enrolled in the school’s...
Photo story: Hundeds participate in Cleanup Day
Watsonville residents spread out along the Salsipuedes Creek levee easy Saturday morning to collect trash as part of the third Annual Pitch In All County Cleanup Day, which is organized by the Trash Talkers.
Over 100 organizations joined forces to help with cleanups from Davenport...
Work begins on Watsonville’s ‘crown jewel’
Watsonville leaders, state officials and community members gathered Thursday afternoon at City Plaza to celebrate the start of a long-awaited revitalization project aimed at preserving the historic downtown gathering place while expanding its use for future generations.
The project, which city officials said is expected...
Two arrested in construction equipment theft scheme
Monterey County sheriff’s detectives arrested two men and recovered more than $300,000 in stolen construction equipment tied to an organized theft ring targeting local...
