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It’s time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

March 5, 2021

For the Love of Flicks: Chazelle does it again with ‘First Man’

Are the inmates running the asylum?

Letters to the Editor, Sept. 9: Some people give by going; some people go by giving

Do you like to shopping in downtown Watsonville? Yes: 134 | No: 415 Public comment Neera Bhatnagar: Parking is tricky and/or not safe. The shops are not generally meeting my needs. I try to go to the discount mall for my growing kid’s needs but quality and...

June 1, 2018

Election Letters to the Editor, June 1, 2018

Letters to the Editor Nov. 14-20

November 14, 2025

PVUSD cuts necessary The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is finally being forced to face financial reality. Many of the positions now being eliminated were funded by one-time Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, which expired in February 2024. That temporary COVID money...

September 3, 2021

On Aug. 24, four of five Santa Cruz County Supervisors, except Greg Caput, from Pajaro Valley’s District 4, rejected the County Civil Grand Jury’s recommendation that they support an online pilot program to provide the public with advance notice of hazardous pesticides being applied...

October 17, 2017

“Blade Runner 2049” is not “John Wick” and that’s a good thing. Villeneuve stays true to the universe, themes and feel that now producer Ridley Scott created decades ago with the first.

Preserving our library

May 22, 2020

I read my first novel at the age of 10. The novel was the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I checked the book out from a satellite library that was across the street from where I lived. That book is relevant today in the...

Jeff Hao, April 20: Stopping childhood sexual abuse in its tracks

April 20, 2018

On Sunday, Survivors Healing Center will host the Second Annual Caring 4 Kids Rhythm Event, in conjunction with the City of Watsonville’s Earth Day/Day of the Child.

santa cruz county supervisor felipe hernandez

March 16, 2023

The start of the New Year greeted all of us with more water than any of us, including meteorologists, had anticipated. And again, this past week our neighbors in Pajaro were devastatingly flooded. Although Pajaro isn’t technically a part of Watsonville or Santa Cruz...

In support of CASA: California’s budget decisions are failing its most vulnerable children

August 22, 2025

Difficult decisions were made to pass the California state budget this year. We understand lawmakers worked hard to protect essential programs. However, much more could have been done for foster and justice-involved youth. Among the most alarming cuts was the elimination of statewide CASA...

September 24, 2021

We are living in an unprecedented time of change and upheaval. Every night when I turn on the evening news, you would think the world is going to hell in a handbasket. In the backdrop of global pandemic that is not abating, wildfires are...

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Opinion

It’s time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

For the Love of Flicks: Chazelle does it again with ‘First Man’

Progress on the Pajaro River

Are the inmates running the asylum?

Letters to the Editor, Sept. 9: Some people give by going; some people go by giving

Question of the Week

Election Letters to the Editor, June 1

Letters to the Editor Nov. 14-20

Concerned residents say ‘no’ to pesticide sprays

Movie Review: Slow-burning ‘Blade Runner 2049’ stays true to what it is

Preserving our library

Jeff Hao, April 20: Stopping childhood sexual abuse in its tracks

Supervisor’s Update: Stronger together

In support of CASA: California’s budget decisions are failing its most vulnerable children

How did we lose our sense of living here on Earth?

PV’s Lara-Alvarez named Santa Lucia’s top player | All-PCAL football

Letters to the Editor Dec. 12-26

ICE becomes an autocratic tool

Watsonville names new Police Chief

Cat declawing, book censorship among new 2026 laws