Community Foundation elects new president | Community Briefs
APTOS—The Community Foundation Santa Cruz County recently announced that David Doolin has been appointed president of the board of the organization.
Feds give county homelessness program $3.4M
The Homeless Action Partnership of Santa Cruz County was recently awarded $3,449,500 in federal grants to address local homelessness, a 31 percent...
County Office of Education lays out its strategy
WATSONVILLE—A gaggle of educators and nonprofit leaders gathered on the uppermost floor of the Watsonville City Plaza Tuesday to hear Santa Cruz...
County joins lawsuit to halt oil, mineral extraction
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 14 agreed to allow the county to join a lawsuit that...
CHP arrests man in Prunedale projectile attacks case
SALINAS–Law enforcement officials have arrested a man suspected of using a slingshot to shoot glass marbles at dozens of vehicles traveling on...
A stroll through the city | About Town
Tarmo Hannula: When my friend Noel, a family attorney, dropped me off in downtown Watsonville early Wednesday I walked into the Second...
Council rejects temporary ban on new drive-thrus
WATSONVILLE—Drive-thrus got the green light at Tuesday night’s Watsonville City Council meeting.
By a 5-2 vote the council rejected...
Local Democrats endorse Angel for Superior Court Judge
WATSONVILLE—Annrae Angel received an endorsement from the Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club for Superior Court Judge at Monday night’s meeting in...
Highway 101 rezoning a major issue for Aromas in March election
By ERIK CHALHOUB, special to the Pajaronian
AROMAS—With San Benito County officials eyeing potential development along Highway 101 as...
Hundreds attend annual MLK march
SANTA CRUZ—Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Santa Cruz Monday to participate in the third-annual Martin Luther King march, an...