Levee eviction & cleanout begins, setting stage for construction, restoration
On Monday, 27-year-old Brenda Duarte was standing alongside a pile of her belongings in between the train tracks and the Pajaro River Levee, wondering where she was going to sleep that night after a planned levee eviction uprooted her.
Surrounding her were scores of recently...
New Starbucks opens
The staff extends an invitation the new Starbucks that opened Thursday morning at 1726 Freedom Blvd. Manager Christine Deschler (second from right) said they will offer the full range of Starbucks beverages, pastries and other goods. The drive-thru/walk up business will serve motor traffic...
Art & Rebellion ‘Clowns’ stage theatrical protest at aerospace and defense systems facility
Art & Rebellion, a Santa Cruz-based self-described resistance group staged a peaceful theatrical protest at Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company in Hollister Thursday.
Garbed in brilliant colors, goofy hats, glittery jackets, bright red noses, curly wigs, and waving umbrellas, batons and plungers, the cast of...
A focus on agricultural pesticide applications
About 50 people from three Watsonville senior communities met at the Pajaro Village Club House Monday evening to voice their concerns about agricultural pesticide use near their homes and in the surrounding Pajaro Valley.
The meeting included Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner David Sanford and...
Watsonville Prep expands into adjacent building
When classes started on Tuesday for Watsonville Prep School, 180 middle-school students had their own space, a newly renovated building at 18 West Beach Street.
The new space is adjacent to the school's original location in the old Gottshalks building at 407 Main Street, which...
New businesses add to downtown
In a little less than two years, a vacant lot on the 500 block of Main Street will be home to a 4-story building and a new restaurant.
Construction crews are working on the foundation for the building, which when complete will be called The...
Cars and Coffee hits East Lake Village
People check out a string of early-day cars and trucks Saturday in East Lake Village Shopping Center during the weekly Cars and Coffee event.
The free event staged 41 vehicles with owners on hand to field questions and conversation about what goes into keeping...
Hundreds protest Trump in Watsonville
More than 200 people staged a protest along Main Street in downtown Watsonville Saturday as part of a nationwide effort to speak out against President Trump and many of his policies.
Headed up by Indivisible Pajaro Valley, the crowds lines both sides of Main Street...
New DNA lab will save money, expedite cases
For years, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office’s sciences lab has been analyzing crime scene evidence: data from cell phones and computers, tire tread marks and fingerprints, just to name a few.
But analyzing DNA evidence—a field that takes not only a science background and...
PVUSD begins its school year
NEW SCHOOL YEAR Steven Ornelas greets his daughter Karissa after her first day of school at E.A. Hall Middle School. All 35 Pajaro Valley Unified School District schools started classes Wednesday.
“I have a great teacher,” said Karissa, who graduated from Mintie White Elementary School...
Prep Athletes of the Week: Watsonville’s Abraham Martinez; St. Francis’ Lilianna...
The Pajaronian’s Prep Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Aug. 25-31. Coaches and athletic directors are...
