School year rolling with new admins, new program
Ivan Alcaraz spent the entirety of his childhood education in Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
State parks open and busy
With summer in full bloom, people from throughout the world will come to California to visit its 280 state parks, which stretch from its southern border deserts to its redwood-crowned north.
Slough connector trail at Ramsay Park in the works
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday approved a $303,116 contract with Verde Design, Inc. to complete the Watsonville Slough Connector Trail Project at Ramsay Park.
The project seeks to enhance underused space at the city’s largest urban park by adding and improving trails, planting several...
Sheriff: all Santa Cruz County Jail inmates are Covid-free
SANTA CRUZ—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that all inmates at Santa Cruz County Jail have tested negative for Covid-19.
The announcement follows news that several correctional officers who work at the jail tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an outbreak that has...
Hundreds attend Wetland restoration event in Watsonville
More than 250 people joined city and state officials in celebrating World Wetlands Day on Feb. 3, part of the ongoing restoration of Struve Slough.
Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW) co-hosted the annual event with a widespread planting project, music, dance performances, arts and crafts, speeches...
Suspect nabbed on bomb threat
Watsonville Police arrested a man on Jan. 28 for making a bomb threat to a local hospital.
WPD spokeswoman Erika Vazquez said WPD arrested 32-year-old Cody Burns on the 400 block of Hill Avenue after he reportedly “made a bomb threat targeting a local hospital.”
Officers...
Former assistant fire chief Gene Friend dies
WATSONVILLE—Former Watsonville Fire Assistant Chief Gene Friend, a household name for many in the Pajaro Valley, died March 25 at Valley Convalescent in Watsonville.
Watsonville Fire Station 1 is emblazoned with his name in large letters as the namesake of the Chief Gene Friend Watsonville...
Watsonville awarded $39 million grant for new METRO transit center
The City of Watsonville, in partnership with Santa Cruz METRO and MidPen Housing, has been awarded a $39 million state grant to help build a new affordable housing and transit-centered development in downtown Watsonville.
The funding, awarded through the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities...
Giving music stores a chance
For almost a century, Jansen Music has been a staple in the music community, offering instruments, equipment, lessons and repair services.
Grizzlies blank Gonzales to earn first league win of the season...
Pajaro Valley High senior Adrian Mendoza-Torres scored a pair of touchdowns to lead the Grizzly football team to a 28-0 victory over Gonzales High...
