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WPD recovers 2 loaded guns, arrests teen

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police arrested a teen male and recovered two loaded handguns Tuesday evening after responding to a report of a group of teenagers smoking and drinking at a park in a quiet suburb. Watsonville Police Department spokeswoman Michelle Pulido said police got a call about...

Murals on the move

To celebrate Watsonville's sesquicentennial, Pajaro Valley Arts wanted to create a public art project that recognized the city's people and agriculture.

Watsonville church welcomes first new pastor in 22 years

WATSONVILLE—For the first time in more than two decades, the Watsonville First United Methodist Church (UMC) has a new pastor. Rev. Jon Song, who has been practicing ministry for the past 35 years, took helm of the church earlier this month. He follows Rev. Robin...

PV Trustees address digital divide, open athletic fields

PVUSD
WATSONVILLE—During a busy night with a loaded agenda, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved plans to boost internet access throughout the city, hire a nurse to coordinate the district’s Covid-19 response and use grant money to purchase an...

PVUSD retools its Career Technical Education program

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High School student Juan Baltazar spent some time in the school’s new barn Wednesday, caring for the cow he is raising to sell this summer during the Santa Cruz County Fair.  He said he has been involved in raising animals since he was in...

Esperanza de Valle celebrates 40 years

Four decades ago, Janet Johns came to Watsonville as a new teacher, hoping to start a dance company with her former roommate from San Jose State, Frances Urbina.  It wasn’t long before Johns’ fellow teachers in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District expressed interest in...

Truck flips, catches fire in Felton

Incident occurred just north of Rincon Fire.

Illinois-based former Pajaronian owner News Media Corp abruptly closes

News Media Corp., the Rochelle, Ill.-based company that owned The Pajaronian from 1995 to 2019, abruptly ceased operations Wednesday, informing employees at its remaining 11 publications in five states in an email that they no longer have jobs, effective immediately. The company had been in...

City proposing utilities rate increases to fund numerous projects

Watsonville city council
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council will have a public hearing on May 25 concerning proposed utilities rate increases over the next five years, a cost city staff says is needed in order to make several upgrades to ailing infrastructure. The new rates would mean a typical...

Parks Commission nixes public art fee

WATSONVILLE—The Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday recommended Watsonville City Council turn down a $200 processing fee for murals and other public art. The fee would be used to defray the cost of city staff preparing reports on proposed public art for presentation to the...
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Mariners on track for fourth consecutive SCCAL title | Girls soccer

Midway through the winter campaign, Aptos remains the cream of the crop in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League with a current record of...