Another view of Watsonville Community Hospital’s finances
The Pajaronian recently published articles about potential closures of some services at Watsonville Community Hospital. I have a different view of our hospital’s situation that I would like to share.
When WCH was purchased out of bankruptcy, it had less than 10 days’ cash. Most...
Rasputin resurfaces
During an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph in August of 2025, Laura Loomer, one of President Trump’s fan-based advisors, discussed her growing informal influence inside political circles and staff decisions.
She proudly intimated that one of her friends had commented that she...
Time for ‘Holy Impatience’ in troubling times
I write this column not particularly spiritually centered but deeply troubled. We are less than 70 days away from the most important midterm election in our lifetime, possibly as significant as elections in the time of Abraham Lincoln or Franklin D. Roosevelt.
I am deeply...
Climate change turns lethal
Daily newscasts have become powerfully redundant.
Observers have to strain to ignore the impression that the world is on the cusp of rapidly disintegrating. Southern Europe, Northern and Western U.S. and Southern Canada are suffering from uncontrolled wildfires. This year alone, firefighters have already...
25TH Amendment assumes center stage
At a July 8 NATO press conference, President Trump claimed that the Islamic Republic of Japan had shot 111 missiles at aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.
During that same press conference our president repeatedly referred to Ukraine President Zelensky as President Putin. These were some...
Mustangs gallop past Scotts Valley to earn first league win this...
It usually takes some time for football players to get back up to speed following a bye week late in the season.
Monte Vista Christian...
