Small businesses look to holiday shoppers for support
WATSONVILLE—On Nov. 28, Watsonville joined the annual nationwide shopping movement known as Small Business Saturday, which aims to encourage shoppers to support businesses in their community. The event had a number of small stores at the East Lake Village Shopping Center opening for special...
Anti-Asian sentiment not a novel issue, community advocates say
WATSONVILLE—Victor Kimura was just 6 months old when his family moved back to Freedom after being imprisoned in Arizona’s Poston Camp during World War II.
His mother and father, born in Watsonville and Petaluma, respectively, told him very little about the days prior to the...
College Lake project moves forward
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency has entered agreements with two engineering firms to help plan for a project that will help the area achieve sustainable groundwater resources by 2040.
The College Lake Integrated Resources Management Project will use rainfall runoff to replace a portion...
PVUSD to begin superintendent search, appoint interim
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday are scheduled to appoint an interim leader to fill the vacancy when current Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez leaves on June 30.
Clint Rucker, who currently serves as the district’s Chief Business Officer, will take the...
Pride in school runs high for leading Pajaro Valley High seniors
WATSONVILLE—Leaders of this year’s 274 Pajaro Valley High School seniors say the class of 2020 will be remembered for its unwavering school pride and its crazed support of athletics.
Dennar Ocampo and Natalia Arroyo were at the forefront of both.
“A lot of people would say,...
Photo: Major injures in hillside plunge
Emergency officials pull the driver out of a Honda Civic on Hecker Pass Tuesday.
The California Highway Patrol said the male driver and a male passenger were traveling east on Hecker Pass Road (Hwy 152) at 2:45pm when the driver lost control. The Honda...
Time of honor: Santa Cruz County remembers 9/11
Watsonville Fire Battalion Chief Almita Schaefer tells students at Moreland Notre Dame School about the risks and rewards of being a firefighter Wednesday on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Students and staff at the campus each year have welcomed law...
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...
