This Week in Pajaro Valley’s Past, June 11
25 years ago on June 11, 1996
The Agricultural History Project’s Farm Implement Shed was completed and ready for dedication. Located just inside the fairgrounds’ main entrance, it is now used mainly for exhibits, but will eventually display large, antique farm implements. They will include...
PHOTO: Gas pipeline project on Walker Street wraps up
The bridge that goes over Watsonville Slough, a connector between Harkins Slough Road and Walker Street, has now been cleared of the slalom of road cones that steered traffic around a natural gas pipeline upgrade project by a crew from Pacific Gas and Electric.
Rallies call for presidential impeachment
Tarmo Hannula
President Trump is making history by being the third president to face impeachment. Today members of the House take the historic vote on whether to impeach him. Trump tweeted: "You are declaring open war on American Democracy.”
Hundreds of people rallied in Watsonville...
PVUSD faces grim post-Covid-19 budget
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday got a first look at its budget for the coming school year, which has taken a severe hit both by declining enrollment and the loss of revenue from the Covid-19 crisis.
PVUSD Chief Business...
Man injured on razor wire fence
Emergency officials deal with a man who suffered a series of cuts after he tried to climb over a razor wire topped fence Wednesday at Big Creek Lumber on West Beach Street.
Photo story: County celebrates the Fourth
Thousands of people lined the main streets of Watsonville and Aptos Thursday to watch the parades that have become a tradition stretching back decades.
The Spirit of Watsonville parade kicked off at 12:30pm, two hours after the Worlds Shortest Parade, which takes place in Aptos...
Public defenders plan April 23 protest over caseloads, funding gaps
Public defenders in Santa Cruz County will join colleagues across California and the nation April 23 in a coordinated protest highlighting what they describe...
