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October 7, 2026

Watsonville man killed in San Jose crash

A man who was killed Saturday night in a collision on Highway 101 in San Jose was identified as Watsonville resident Noe Fernandez, 18.

No suspect found in home break in

Police prepare to rush into a home on the 100 block of Arista Lane Friday where a man reportedly broke into the occupied home.

Watsonville cracks down on food trucks as officials weigh changes to rules

Watsonville food trucks
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville is cracking down on unpermitted food trucks and weighing whether to rework its rules regarding the mobile food vendors in the coming year. The City Manager’s office has received numerous complaints about food trucks from several brick-and-mortar restaurant owners over the...

Editor’s take: Limiting hate speech not a First Amendment violation

The Watsonville City Council made the right choice Tuesday when it voted to end—at least for now—public participation by Zoom. In October, both that body of elected leaders and the Capitola City Council were subjected to a series of hateful, expletive-filled racist comments from people...

Rail Trail construction continues | About Town

Work continues on the new Rail Trail system, a network of bike and pedestrian paths along the old train rail that will eventually connect Watsonville to Davenport. • Today is Veteran’s Day. Due to the coronavirus, like just about everything else in today’s world (especially special...

Quilt show fills three buildings

The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association held its annual show over the weekend with more than 300 quilts on display at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.  With the theme of “It’s Hip to Be Square,” the huge variety of homemade quilts, from machine to hand-sewn, from...

Travels with Tarmo: Homeward bound from state’s capital

Editor's note: This is the final part of reporter Tarmo Hannula's trip to the Sacramento area. Stay tuned to The Pajaronian for his future travel exploits. One the last day of the short road trip my wife, Sarah and I took from Watsonville to Sacramento,...

Naval Support Activity in Monterey to conduct exercises this week

Naval Support Activity Monterey is conducting a weeklong emergency readiness exercise that could bring increased military, police and emergency response activity around the installation. The installation readiness and certification exercise runs Aug. 24-28 at various locations throughout NSA Monterey. Members of the public may see...

Watsonville assistant city manager to be appointed interim chief executive

Tamara Vides
The Watsonville City Council has recommended Tamara Vides to serve as the interim city manager, upon Matt Huffaker’s departure and until a permanent replacement can be found. The appointment will come before the City Council in a special meeting set for Nov. 30.  Vides has worked...
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Heather Contreras

Contreras tapped to lead San Luis Coastal Unified

Two and a half years after taking the helm of Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Superintendent Heather Contreras will be leaving for a new...