Boys To Men
On Jan. 28, the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Monarch Services will co-present the film “The Mask You Live In,” a documentary film that explores how boys and young men navigate a society that often demands an unrealistic ideal of masculinity.
The screening...
PHOTOS: World’s Shortest Parade returns in Aptos
The World’s Shortest Parade made its way through Aptos on Tuesday for the Fourth of July.
Put on by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce, the parade started at State Park Drive and traveled a short section of Soquel Drive to Aptos Village County Park.
The theme...
Pizza, beer and bowling | Try This
Todd Guild
FUN - Boardwalk Bowl
My wife is a teacher, and as such she is always busy. This includes evenings and weekends.
And so I often find myself taking our sons on outings so she can catch up on work.
A perfect activity for us is visiting...
City’s initial pandemic budget report brings optimism
WATSONVILLE—The Covid-19 pandemic has not yet been as harsh on Watsonville’s economy as predicted, but Finance Department Director Cindy Czerwin at Tuesday’s City Council meeting said it is still too early to “feel totally confident” about the City’s financial future.
The City’s sales tax revenues...
Tony Nuñez announces run for county supervisor
Tony Nuñez is a Watsonville High School graduate who became a reporter and then editor of The Pajaronian and Good Times, and moved on to work with the nonprofit Community Bridges.
He later became an inaugural member of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHCD),...
Woman arrested after tossing illegal gun
A Watsonville woman was arrested Monday after she reportedly tossed a sawed-off shotgun before leading police on a short foot chase.
CZU Complex now state’s 9th-most destructive fire ever recorded
SCOTTS VALLEY—The CZU August Lightning Complex fire has destroyed 1,490 structures as of Thursday, making it the ninth-most destructive fire ever recorded in the state.
According to Cal Fire, 925 of those structures are single-family homes. Most of those homes once stood in the Santa...
Photo: Wine and Roses returns
Ana Ramirez (center) and Kim DeChicchio-Sanchez line up to sample wine from Integrity Wines Saturday evening at the Evening of Wine & Roses at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. The 39th annual silent auction and fundraiser, presented by the Community Health Trust of the...
Padilla, Schiff secure $54M for Pajaro River Levee
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that he and Sen. Adam Schiff secured $54 million in federal funding for the Pajaro River Flood Risk...
