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Adam Scow stood on the edge of a strawberry farm behind Pajaro Middle School Monday morning as he held a map showing similar fields adjacent to nine schools throughout the Pajaro Valley. Scow heads up the nonprofit group Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CORA)....

Tarmo Hannula President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday by the House of Representatives on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. We’ve all heard Trump’s unending list of labels for this: lies, sham, fraud, hoax, shameful, scam, witch hunt, distortion, untruthful, mean, disastrous...

WATSONVILLE—A sweeping drug and weapons bust centered on the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, and headed up by the FBI resulted in the arrest of scores of suspects over the past few weeks, including an arrest in Watsonville Wednesday. At a press conference Thursday the FBI was...

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...

WATSONVILLE—Preparations have been underway in Watsonville to set the stage for the 12th annual World Wetlands Day celebration Saturday. Jonathan Pilch, Executive Director of Watsonville Wetlands Watch, said the work this past week included wetland restoration plantings along the Upper Struve Slough trail in Watsonville...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police on Thursday afternoon found the 12-year-old Watsonville girl that ran away from home Tuesday evening. WPD found Mary Guadalupe Curiel Lopez at Callaghan Park around 2 p.m. "She is safe and we're speaking to her now," WPD said through its Twitter account. She was reported...

Owner John Ponce said the old-fashioned diner known for its heaping portions and fresh veggies will close its doors for good Sunday at 3 p.m.

Observations from around the Pajaro Valley.

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Feb. 10 approved a project at Starlight Elementary School that will include an industrial-level kitchen and a large garden, which school officials hope will teach students how to grow, prepare and cook their own...

The California School Boards Association (CSBA) recently selected Todd Guild, a longtime reporter for the Register-Pajaronian, as one of 25 recipients of the Golden Quill Award, presented in recognition of fair, insightful and accurate reporting on public school news by print, broadcast and online news media representatives.