Tamara Vides tapped for Watsonville City Manager
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday will consider appointing Tamara Vides as its new City Manager.
Vides served as interim City Manager in 2021 and more recently in April.Â
She has held various positions during her 15-year career with the city. This includes Deputy City Manager...
Crash on Freedom Boulevard kills Cabrillo football player
A 23-year-old man killed early Saturday morning in a head-on crash in Aptos has been identified as Luke Salem, a Harbor High School graduate who played football for Cabrillo College.
The California Highway Patrol said a 49-year-old man was driving a red 2017 Honda CRV...
Photo story: Watsonville Police investigate DUI crash
Watsonville Police investigate a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on East Lake Avenue. WPD said a Pajaro man was driving west on Eastlake Avenue just after 5 PM in a Toyota Camry east of Tuttle Avenue. At one point, he slammed into a parked Toyota...
Watsonville High grad, filmmaker runs for PVUSD trustee seat: would create student bill of rights
Editor’s note
This is the second of three stories featuring the challengers running for seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees.
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Gabriel Medina graduated from Watsonville High school in 2010 and went to UC Los Angeles to study filmmaking. He returned to...
Volunteers spruce up fairgrounds park
A large group of volunteers showed up to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on Aug. 9 to help bring the Paddy Smith Park back to life.
Tucked between the JJ Crosetti and the Fire Arts buildings, the sprawling garden space once featured a majestic river...
South County land acquisition to help protect from floods, tidal surges
A recently-acquired slice of coastal land near Watsonville will help protect South County and its farmland from flooding, coastal surges and other impacts of global warming.
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County announced Tuesday that it has purchased 247 acres at Beach Ranch, where...
Pajaro Middle School reopening kicks off school year
A day before the new school year started, with more than 16,000 students returning to class throughout Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Pajaro Middle School celebrated the reopening of the campus following major flood repairs.Â
When the Pajaro River Levee broke during heavy winter rains...
Challenger vies for PVUSD trustee seat
Editor's note: Three new candidates have tossed their hats in the ring for seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees districts 2, 3 and 6.
Those seats are currently filled by Georgia Acosta, Oscar Soto and Adam Scow, respectively. None of...
Elkhorn Slough, other natural areas, receive $71M grant for climate resilience
Elkhorn Slough, the vast natural area south of Watsonville that serves as a transition zone between land and sea and is home to myriad species of birds—as well as water and land animals—got a boost last week with a $6 million award.
The money from...
PV’s Valeria Acosta already having a record-setting season | Girls soccer
Pajaro Valley senior Valeria Acosta is on the cusp of setting the school’s all-time record for career goals scored.
The Grizzlies star soccer player recorded...
