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The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Friday night tabled an effort to appoint an interim superintendent after a trustee reconsidered an earlier vote to fire district Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez.

Editor’s note: From Our Archives is a feature created by photojournalist Tarmo Hannula, who discovered boxes upon boxes of old photo negatives in storage. If you have any old Watsonville-centered photos you’d like to see run, email [email protected]. _________________ Local Girl Scouts Fredora Holm (left) and...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville City Councilman Lowell Hurst has held office on and off since first being elected to the council in 1988. Typically, the seasoned politician takes fellow council members and the attendees of Watsonville City Council meetings back in time, and provides perspective on community...

The Watsonville Police Department is warning everyone about a new crime that is on the rise across the nation, and has now occurred in Watsonville. “Bank jugging” involves thieves waiting in bank parking lots or near ATMs to target people carrying cash. They then follow the...

A crew from Watsonville Public Works joins forces with a team from the Christmas Light Pros in dressing the Watsonville City Plaza with lights and other decorations in preparation for the annual Holiday Tree Lighting. A live 28-foot tree is the centerpiece of the...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday rejected a pair of staff recommendations to cut roughly 100 teacher and school employee positions, a move district officials said will cause greater financial peril in the future. Opponents of the cuts disagreed, saying...

A new art exhibit, which includes workshops and a public tree planting, is set to open at Studio Judy G on Main Street in Watsonville on Jan. 21. “Trees to Be” features works by more than 50 artists and local organizations who deal with the...

Tarmo Hannula and Todd Guild contributed to this story Jerry Castro has lived in the same house on Cayetano Street in Pajaro all his life. His parents owned it before him, he then bought it off of them. His children and their children were also...

The Watsonville area is set to get its first county park in decades. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the purchase of a 38.5-acre parcel on Whiting Road, an unused patch of low-lying woodland that sits between two agricultural fields,...

A 62-year-old Aptos man died Tuesday night in a solo-vehicle crash on Soquel San Jose Road. California Highway Patrol officer Israel Murillo said the man, who has not been named, was driving a gray 2004 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Soquel San Jose Road approaching Los...