13th annual Fire Velo ride rolls through Watsonville
WATSONVILLE—A dozen bicyclists on the 13th annual Fire Velo bike ride rolled into Watsonville Monday afternoon for the first night of their week-long journey to Los Angeles.
“We headed out of San Francisco yesterday,” said Julian Villavicengio, an EMT/firefighter with San Francisco Fire Department. “The...
Vision for the community
Dozens of people came to Community Bridges’ downtown location Sunday, where they received a free eye exam and, if needed, a pair of prescription glasses.
This included an onsite mobile RV that made the glasses onsite.
The exams—which organizers estimate at $400-$500—came thanks to VSP Vision,...
Blues legend to perform in Watsonville
Guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter Joe Louis Walker will be performing at the Appleton Event Center in Watsonville on Dec. 5
Photo story: New mural in Corralitos
Watsonville artist Erika Rosendale (center, on ladder) paints a new large outdoor mural at El Vaquero Winery in Corralitos on Friday. The mural depicts the historical stagecoach whip, Charley Parkhurst (1812-1879), known as One-eyed Charley, who drove a stagecoach mail delivery between Watsonville and...
PHOTO: Preparing for Biden’s Santa Cruz County arrival
An armed man keeps watch over the U.S. Presidential helicopter at Watsonville Municipal Airport Wednesday during a practice run for the arrival of President Joe Biden set for Thursday. Two massive U.S. Marine V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor airplanes arrived in concert with two helicopters at...
Weekend blaze injures one | About Town
I covered a fire Saturday night in Santa Cruz where flames tore through the roof of an occupied shed. By the time firefighters arrived at the home, at the corner of San Juan Avenue at Roxas Street just before 9pm, flames were gushing about...
PG&E: shutoff could affect 6,000 local customers
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Pacific Gas & Electric company is planning for a widespread Public Safety Power Shutoff that will affect numerous Northern California counties, including Santa Cruz County.
According to the company, power shutoffs are likely this evening between 8pm and 10pm, with more than 6,000...
City touting equity program as boon for small cannabis business owners
By Abigail Acosta, Special to the Pajaronian
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville is hoping recent additions to its Cannabis Equity Program will spark a time of opportunity for the city’s minority cannabis business owners.
First approved by the City Council in 2019, the equity program was put...
PVUSD Trustees to revisit teacher layoff vote
A little more than one week after voting to eliminate roughly 80 teacher positions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will...
