Cesar E. Chavez Community Awards honor youth mentors
WATSONVILLE—Friends of Watsonville Parks and Community Services and the City of Watsonville honored five local individuals, two organizations and a business at the 18th annual Cesar E. Chavez Community Awards on July 30.
The awards, held virtually this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,...
Briefs: Annieglass workshop; Filipino American History Month festival
Festival celebrates Filipino American History Month
The Tobera Project will hold its second annual Filipino American History Month festival Saturday at the Watsonville City Plaza from noon to 5pm.
The free event will celebrate and honor Filipino history in the Pajaro Valley since the 1920s. The...
PV Arts opens ‘Emergence’ show
“Emergence,” the latest exhibition at Pajaro Valley Arts, has opened at the Pajaro Valley Gallery, 37 Sudden St.
The exhibit showcases 33 artists with more than 100 works in a wealth of mediums.
Based on the definition of emergence—“coming into being or prominence”—the artwork features new...
Judge: Watsonville airport must remove barriers
WATSONVILLE—A Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge on Wednesday ruled that Watsonville Municipal Airport officials were in the wrong when they placed barriers at a business nearly three years ago that blocked access to the runways.
The Statement of Decision by Judge Timothy Volkmann means...
Community briefs, Dec. 31: Sons and Daughters of Italy hosting mixer
Community briefs, Dec. 31, 2017
Wine and Roses gala benefits Health Trust
The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust's annual fundraiser, An Evening of Wine and Roses, is scheduled for Nov. 2 from 6–9 p.m. at the Crosetti Building at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
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.
Tattoo parlors, nail salons, other personal services OK to reopen Friday
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Massage therapy, nail salons, tattoo parlors and other personal services can reopen in Santa Cruz County on Friday, the county announced Monday.
The county said those businesses should follow state guidance released by the California Department of Public Health June 12 which requires...
Volunteers fill a mountain of backpacks during Stuff the Bus event
Tommy Moffitt of Santa Cruz was proud of himself Saturday morning, a big smile on his face as he carried six backpacks—one on his back, one on his front and two each on his outstretched arms—through Kaiser Permanente Arena to be filled with school...
Residents rekindle fight against hotel
WATSONVILLE—A group of neighbors is again fighting the construction of a hotel in the heart of downtown, this time claiming the City of Watsonville has for years worked with a company that is currently suspended by two state agencies.
AARAV Hospitality, LLC was penalized and...
How Are Watsonville’s Late-Night Businesses Adapting to Changing Entertainment Habits?
Published in cooperation between Cardplayer and Pajaronian
Evening routines in Watsonville look different than a decade ago. Where late nights once revolved around a narrow...



















