Arts Council launches emergency grants during COVID-19 crisis
Since the County of Santa Cruz issued a shelter-in-place order March 17, local artists have faced uncertain futures.
With venues and schools closed and events either canceled or postponed, individuals and organizations are now out of work and struggling to get by.
According to Arts Council...
Pajaro’s Casa de la Cultura producing face masks for community
PAJARO—Joining a worldwide effort to stave off the spread of COVID-19, Sister Rosa Dolores and a team of six volunteers have started a production line of masks at Casa de la Cultura in Pajaro.
The group has made more than 100 masks and is working...
Watsonville will likely place sales tax increase on November ballot
WATSONVILLE—The city of Watsonville will likely ask its residents to approve a half-cent sales tax increase in the November election that would raise the city’s sales tax to 9.75%—the most the municipality is allowed to tax its residents.
The Watsonville City Council did not place...
Santa Cruz County Supervisors delay disposable cup fee
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on May 11 voted unanimously to delay a 25-cent fee for disposable cups at businesses in the unincorporated parts of the county until January 2022.
County officials crafted the ordinance to reduce the amount of disposable...
Historical Association features work of acclaimed fiber artist
The Pajaro Valley Historical Association (PVHA) is currently displaying works by local artist Rachel Kincy Clark, who specializes in fiber creations.
Historic boat back home at Monterey Bay
The Western Flyer is a 77-foot wooden boat made famous by expeditions of author John Steinbeck and his biologist friend Ed Ricketts.
The purse seiner has now found a new home in the Monterey Bay.
Built in Tacoma, Wash., in 1937 to fish for sardines in...
Pajaro Valley Arts’ annual fundraising exhibit opens Jan. 22
WATSONVILLE—Last year, Pajaro Valley Arts’ annual “Take Aways: Art To Go!” fundraising exhibit earned a record-breaking $43,000.
The organization hopes to once again top itself in 2020.
“This is our one big fundraiser of the year,” said Chris Miroyan, who is co-curating this year’s exhibit with...
Watsonville’s urban growth limit extension leads countermeasure
More Watsonville voters have elected to extend the city’s urban growth boundaries for the next 18 years rather than head back to the drawing board and determine a new growth plan, according to initial election results released Tuesday night.
As of 8:16pm, 1,788 votes had...
Fairgrounds shelter for Pajaro flood victims closes
On Monday, Beatriz Lopez stood in the doorway of the Pajaro residence she shares with 10 family members, recalling the 45 days she spent in the emergency shelter at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
Back home for just a week, she said the shelter was...
PV Trustees approve distance learning plan
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...
Male Athlete of the Year: St. Francis’ Nash Horton dominates after...
St. Francis graduate Nash Horton suffered a devastating and potential career-ending injury after he tore his right shoulder labrum at the beginning of the...
