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Vote for new public art at Ramsay
The City of Watsonville, Pajaro Valley Arts and Community Arts & Empowerment is asking the public to vote for its preferred artwork to be placed on the entryway of the Community Center at Ramsay Park.
The choices have been...
Ann Soldo Elementary celebrates 20 years
WATSONVILLE—Hundreds of students, staff and parents gathered at Ann Soldo Elementary School on Feb. 20 to celebrate the school’s 20th anniversary.
Principal Elaine Parker said the celebration came in the same year that the school’s namesake would have turned 100.
Ann Soldo taught fifth through eighth...
The Physics Bus makes stop at Calabasas Elementary
Students were given a special treat during their first week of summer school when The Physics Bus made a stop at Calabasas Elementary School.
E.A. Hall field renovation moves ahead
WATSONVILLE—After years of playing sports on an aging field pitted by gopher holes and rutted by time, students at E.A. Hall Middle School will soon get a new playing field.
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on June 9 approved hiring a...
County’s top spellers compete at County bee
SANTA CRUZ—Young spellers from across the county descended upon UC Santa Cruz Jan. 25 to participate in this year’s county-wide spelling bee, organized by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education (SCCOE).
Students grades 4-9 took part in the competition in two separate divisions. Overseeing...
New dashboard details school-based Covid-19 testing results
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (COE) has launched a dashboard that summarizes Covid-19 testing results across schools countywide.
The dashboard is a partnership with school districts, Inspire Diagnostics and the Santa Cruz County Department of Public Health, COE spokesman Nick Ibarra...
Leaders celebrate Pajaro River Levee funding
WATSONVILLE—Within the next two or three years, crews will begin work on rebuilding the Pajaro River Levee, giving 100-year flood protection to residents beset by years of devastating floods, and putting an end to a chapter in a South County story most would agree...
Watsonville City Council lobbies state leaders
Most of the Watsonville City Council attended the 2017 Legislative Day in Sacramento last week.
Photo story: update on neighborhood standoff
Salinas Police Swat members joined Watsonville Police in a standoff outside a home on Atri Court in Bay Village in Watsonville March 31 while serving a search warrant for a man wanted by Salinas Police.
Atri Court was closed off for several hours as...
Body identified as missing woman
A woman’s body recovered on Jan. 18 in the area of Smith Grade and Moore Ranch Road has been identified as 73-year-old Jeanne Burke,...
