County launches intervention team
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a report on a new program created to help some of the county’s most recalcitrant criminals.
Police respond to shooting at Garlic Festival
Police responded to a shooting with multiple casualties at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28, according to sources.
PVUSD deals with ramifications of distance learning
WATSONVILLE—As the pandemic recedes—along with the stay-at-home education model that upended the 2020-21 school year—thousands of young people across the county are set to return to the classroom in the fall.
This will be no easy task, as legions of students now accustomed to learning...
No injuries reported in Riverside Road garage fire
WATSONVILLE—A large fire broke out in an attached garage that housed numerous vehicles late Saturday night on the 100 block of Riverside Road in Watsonville.
Around 10:20pm, 911 dispatchers got many calls involving flames and a towering column of smoke emanating from an older style...
Community briefs, Jan. 30: Ella’s at the Airport benefiting Pajaro Valley Climate Action
Community briefs, Jan. 30, 2018
Health Trust will not purchase Watsonville Hospital
The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust (PVCHT) announced Thursday that it will not purchase Watsonville Community Hospital, after the organization failed to secure financing.
The decision will allow Los Angeles-based Halsen Healthcare Group to make the purchase, PVCHT Executive Director DeAndre James said.
PHOTO: Supporting Jacob's Heart
The American Legion Riders Chapter 69 provided Santa Claus with a motorcycle and sled escort to Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services' Christmas Party on Dec. 9.
Event brings mental health resources to Watsonville youth
WATSONVILLE—On Aug. 12, United Way of Santa Cruz County’s Youth Action Network and Jóvenes SANOS will host a pop-up event in Watsonville aiming to connect youth with mental health resources in their community.
The event is part of Youth Action Network’s ongoing pop-up series, which...
Longtime Cabrillo choral director Cheryl Anderson to retire
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began writing ‘Requiem in D Minor’ in 1791, but died at 35 before it was completed. Part of that composition, called ‘Lacrimosa,’ are thought to be the last notes he wrote.
Perhaps it is fitting, then, that the Requiem will be...
Pajaro students get history lesson of a ‘lifetime’
SAN FRANCISCO—The Orpheum Theater in San Francisco was abuzz with excitement Wednesday afternoon as 1,500 eighth-graders from North Monterey County settled in to experience “Hamilton: An American Musical.”
Among them was the eighth-grade class from Pajaro Middle School.
“I’m really excited,” said Darlene Valenzuela, who made...
K9 helps nab suspect, find drugs, cash, gun
A man was arrested Dec. 4 after Monterey County Sheriff's deputies found drugs, cash and a loaded gun in a vehicle.
Around 3:15pm, detectives with...





















