Boardwalk to remove classic Ferris wheel
After nearly 60 years, the Ferris wheel at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will spin no more.
PVUSD kicks off superintendent search
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees launched its search for a new superintendent late last month, hammering out a loose timeline, determining how the community will be involved and discussing the characteristics they want for a new leader.
The Aug. 30 discussion...
Watsonville High mural painted over during construction
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville High School community is reeling from the recent loss of a much-loved mural that graced a wall in the school’s cafeteria for more than three decades.
Construction workers refurbishing the cafeteria earlier this year painted over the wall after updating wiring and heating...
Judge temporarily halts Pajaro levee cleanup
PAJARO—A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order filed by an attorney representing dozens of people living in the Pajaro River levee against a planned cleanup organized by Monterey County officials.
Anthony Prince, general counsel for the California Homeless Union/Statewide Organizing Council, on Wednesday...
Santa Cruz County supervisors approve emergency declaration for storm damages
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency declaration for the damages sustained in the storm surges on Dec. 28 and 30.
County officials estimate that the waves, which inundated Capitola Village, slammed Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf and wreaked havoc...
Boy airlifted to hospital after being hit by car
A 10-year-old boy was taken to a trauma center after he was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle.
Planners OK drive-thru Starbucks on Freedom Boulevard
During the pandemic, a white-haired man pulled up to Taqueria Mi Tierra 2 on Freedom Boulevard and began to honk his horn, believing that a carhop would come out to take his order.
The man was remembering the days when the building was still the...
Food, What?! holds benefit dinner
Food, What?! held its annual Benefit Dinner on Sept. 17 at Santa Cruz Mission State Park.
Watsonville Library sponsors first-ever Poet Laureate Program
WATSONVILLE—When Alicia Martinez first took on the position of Interim Library Director for the Watsonville Public Library, bringing a Poet Laureate Program to the city was one of her goals.
On Tuesday those plans got underway: the library launched a nomination period, which will close...
From Our Archives: Public Transportation
A city bus rolls along Main Street into the Watsonville Transit Square on March 23, 1954. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)
