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Thanks to the help of volunteers at the Pajaro Valley Arts and staff from the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, the four-story Civic Plaza Building in Watsonville has been dressed up with an exhibit of original student artwork for the next year. The effort has...

In this second part of our road trip to San Antonio, my wife Sarah and I reluctantly departed Desert Hot Springs and the fine dining and rich street walking at Palm Springs to drive east on Hwy. 10 toward Tucson, Arizona. Our superb breakfast...

The annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Association is showcasing over 300 quilts at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds this weekend. With the theme of, “It’s Hip to Be Square,” the huge variety of homemade quilts, from machine to hand-sewn, from small to huge, from black...

The Santa Cruz County Fair is seeking a new leader. The 14th District Agricultural Association and Santa Cruz County Fair is accepting applications for its Fair Manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our 105-acre fairgrounds in Watsonville, including planning and managing the...

About 80 people gathered Monday in the historic Aromas Community Grange after the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) selected the Pajaro River Watershed as one of five watersheds to pilot the Watershed Resilience Program. The initiative, which is supported by a $2 million grant...

The 48th Annual Heritage Holiday Craft & Gift Fair will run Friday and Saturday at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.  This year the event will feature 110 crafters and 120 booths featuring crafts, gifts, antiques, collectibles, toys, holiday foods, edible gifts and more.  “It’s the perfect...

Less than three hours after Santa Cruz County unveiled for the public the first look at this year’s budget on Friday—which among other things calls for laying off 74.40 full time equivalent positions and a budget reduction of $8.98 million to the Santa Cruz...

Cabrillo College saw 1,599 graduates receiving degrees and certificates on May 30. This year’s ceremony included the first graduating class Cabrillo’s Apprenticeship Program. Of the 27 apprentices enrolled in the program, 11 graduated this year.  Two of those students are computer information systems students, and the remaining...

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began writing ‘Requiem in D Minor’ in 1791, but died at 35 before it was completed. Part of that composition, called ‘Lacrimosa,’ are thought to be the last notes he wrote. Perhaps it is fitting, then, that the Requiem will be...