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Ken Schwan, a big name in the food industry around the Pajaro Valley, is on a long road to recovery following a major crash he survived last month on his motorcycle near Palm Springs.

PAJARO VALLEY—A group of education advocates is looking for former Watsonville High School students to share their stories of educational and professional success, in hopes they will inspire other students to seek their own success. The volunteer group—Migration and Adaptation in the Americas (MAIA)—is hoping...

Watsonville police and Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies team up with the county Bomb Team Thursday morning after a suspicious device was found at the door of the County Courthouse in downtown Watsonville before 8am, said WPD spokeswomen Michelle Pulido. s were evacuated, dozens...

WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of trustees on Wednesday took another step toward revamping its bylaws with the first reading of a series of recommended changes. The trustees will vote on approving the changes during the June 9 meeting. If approved, trustees who miss...

WATSONVILLE—A line of students from a variety of Watsonville schools on Wednesday filed through the Youth N.O.W. facility loading their backpacks with school supplies—from paper, tape and paints, to notebooks, pens and glue. “It’s emotional. It’s emotional for my staff, it’s emotional for me …...

WATSONVILLE—With distance learning likely to last through the rest of 2020—and possibly extend through June—the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday tentatively approved the district’s Learning Continuity Plan, a 16-page document that seeks to standardize education for the district’s 19,685...

WATSONVILLE—The city of Watsonville has taken its biggest step yet in making a commitment to address climate change locally. On Oct. 26, the City Council unanimously approved the 2030 Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP), aiming to make policy changes in order to cut emissions,...

COSTA CENTRAL—El Obispo Daniel E. García lanzó el Domingo un anuncio de servicio público sobre cómo la Diócesis de Monterey reabrirá sus iglesias para el fin de semana. En un video de seis minutos, la Diócesis muestra lo que los feligreses pueden esperar cuando regresen...

WATSONVILLE—The city of Watsonville recently agreed to settle a lawsuit over the 2018 death of a Watsonville man. Robert Castillo, 44, died after being struck by multiple cars on Highway 1 hours after he was detained on Nov. 23, 2018 by a Watsonville Police Department...