Watsonville celebrates Memorial Day
Members of VFW Post 1716 were out early on Memorial Day to line a section of Freedom Boulevard with flags, which has become an annual tradition. Members set out dozens of flags between the VFW Hall and Martinelli Street. Memorial Day is a federal...
Hope Village opens its doors
A new 34-bed navigation center aimed at helping unhoused residents living along the Pajaro River corridor officially opened Monday in Watsonville, marking a major milestone in a rare cross-county homelessness partnership.
Hope Village, located at 118 First St., began operations May 18 during Affordable Housing...
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...
Cesar Chavez Middle School’s possible new names unveiled
When the news broke in March that civil rights leader Cesar Chavez allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women and girls, it sparked a nationwide reckoning...
