PVUSD busses to go electric
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to purchase a fleet of electric busses, and build the infrastructure necessary to charge them.
PVUSD Director of Transportation Katie Powell said the move comes thanks to an incentive program by...
PVUSD cancels elementary portion of Virtual Academy
WATSONVILLE—After seeing declining enrollment in the lower grades of its Virtual Academy, Pajaro Valley Unified School District has canceled that portion of the online school.
But the District will keep the school’s 7-12 grades, since that portion has more robust student numbers.
The District Board of...
Renaissance High celebrates commencement
Hundreds of people, toting festive balloons and armloads of flowers, showed up for the commencement ceremony for Renaissance High School on June 2. Led into the Mello Center by their principal, Deanna Young, the line of 61 seniors filled up the first three rows...
Police release photos of skimmers suspects
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville police on Thursday released photos of two men suspected of using stolen credit card information to steal money at an ATM.
Investigators believe the suspects were using manufactured cards with information lifted by card skimmers, devices often installed on gas pumps to steal credit...
Cold spell moves in | About Town
Tarmo Hannula: Chilly weather has gripped much of California as a cold front wandered into the region Sunday. I was in San Francisco Sunday morning and it was plain to see, and feel, as a huge gray blade of clouds slowly sliced across the...
PHOTO: City employees raise $5K for food bank
Watsonville city employees raised $5,318.65 for Second Harvest Food Bank during the organization’s Holiday Food and Fund Drive.
Grant to help move homeless from Pajaro River encampments
Homeless services advocates from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties are considering placing a small community of modular tiny homes in a church parking lot in Watsonville, aimed at reducing the number of people camped out along the Pajaro River.
The project comes thanks to an...
Pajaro River levee breaches; evacuations underway in flooded town
An estimated 100-foot-wide breach in the Pajaro River Levee has sent floodwaters into the community of Pajaro, forcing the evacuation of roughly 1,700 residents and causing untold damage to the homes, businesses and farm fields in the rural, agricultural community.
On Friday crews were working...
Top 9 Best Sites To Buy Instagram Likes in 2026
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