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New Music Works of Santa Cruz will host a special, intimate home recital on Sept. 7 featuring pianist Sarah Cahill.

A newly formed community group with the vision of reducing the use of pesticides in the Pajaro Valley is taking on international berry giant Driscoll’s. The Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CORA) recently sent a letter to Driscoll’s CEO Miles Reiter calling for the...

WATSONVILLE—Every day in Pajaro Valley Unified School District, thousands of kids take the bus to school—about 25% of the district’s student population—along 59 routes. It is a ritual that plays out in communities around the globe for students who live too far from their...

The Northern Monterey County Foundation (NMCF) for the third year awarded $34,000 over a dozen grants to nonprofits serving North Monterey County residents.

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...

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One hundred and forty eighth graders are ratcheting up their math skills this week thanks to Graniterock’s Algebra Academy, which is celebrating its tenth year.

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Brillante, the ongoing community mosaic project spearheaded by Community Arts Empowerment (CAE), has extended its deadline for art submissions to Feb. 10. Organizers are looking for local artists’ work to be featured on the six-story parking garage on Rodriguez Street, which is attached...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of stories on the four seats up for election on the PVUSD Board of Trustees. Look to future editions for trustee areas 1, 4 and 7. Two candidates are vying for the seat. Alicia Jimenez recently retired...