Annual Day of the Dead exhibit returns to PV Arts
WATSONVILLE—Every year, Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) hosts an annual exhibit inspired by Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead in English), a traditional holiday in Mexico commemorating family and community members who have died.
But this year, after almost two years of the Covid-19...
Hospital reaches preliminary sale agreement with proposed health district
WATSONVILLE—Just hours after a group of roughly 150 nurses amassed in front of Watsonville Community Hospital to drum up public support and stop its closure, they received a welcome bit of news.
The Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project (PVHDP) has reached a preliminary agreement to...
A community united: cleanup day draws hundreds
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday morning on beaches, in neighborhoods and along riverways to participate in the second-annual Pitch In All Santa Cruz Cleanup Day.
The event is organized by the Trash Talkers, a group of elected officials, community members, nonprofits and governmental organizations, formed...
Teachers confront trustees
WATSONVILLE — An estimated 600 teachers, parents and students packed the Watsonville City Council chambers Wednesday for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting.
The crowd was there to protest a proposed cap on the amount th
Sheriff: Watsonville man contacted minor for sex
A Watsonville man arrested by Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies on Sept. 3 is suspected of using social media to contact a minor with the intent of sex.
Luis Salas, 35, was charged with false imprisonment, human trafficking, kidnapping, contacting a minor with the intent...
WPD: Two arrested in connection with stabbing
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police Department officers arrested two Watsonville men who they believe stabbed another Watsonville man multiple times on the 300 block of Clifford Avenue.
Officers arrested Adrian Campos, 23, and Eric Pray, 39, on March 25. They were charged with attempted murder and booked into...
After decades of struggles, Watsonville’s remaining Japanese have found niche
Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final entry of a weekly series about the Pajaro Valley’s Japanese community. The series’ culmination coincides with this year’s celebration of the Obon Festival, a cultural and religious Japanese event honoring one’s ancestors. Read the first entry...
Ow Family continues scholarship tradition
For the 29th consecutive year, philanthropist George Ow Jr. and his family provided American Dream Scholarships of $500 each to local high school seniors.
City Council green-lights abatement of ‘nuisance’ homeless camp
Watsonville can begin clearing a large homeless encampment on Airport Boulevard after the City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to allow city officials to “abate the public nuisance.”
The council declared the parcel a public nuisance on Nov. 18.
The 2.75-acre wooded property lies...
Letters to the Editor, April 24-30
Keeping our eye on the Clock
My father, an Air Force fighter pilot, and our family, were stationed in Yokohama Japan in 1947 as part...
