Letters to the Editor, Jan. 27: Spend local, support our businesses
Letters to the Editor, Jan. 27, 2018
Challenger vies for PVUSD trustee seat
Editor's note: Three new candidates have tossed their hats in the ring for seats on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees districts 2, 3 and 6.
Those seats are currently filled by Georgia Acosta, Oscar Soto and Adam Scow, respectively. None of...
Watsonville organization establishes produce distribution
WATSONVILLE—Every year Farm Discovery at Live Earth aims to reach thousands of young people to teach them about farming, nutrition and health, environmental literacy and more. The organization is headquartered at Watsonville’s Live Earth Farm, which plants crops in the fall that are eventually...
We will do our best to keep you informed
Just 13 days ago Santa Cruz County officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 within our tight-knit community. Since that fateful Saturday morning press conference, the Pajaronian news team has not had much time to take a moment to reflect and truly process...
Letters to the Editor, March 26
Time for a change
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees rightfully denied a bill for legal services hired solely, against Board Policy, by Georgia Acosta. Knowing the board has its own attorney (separate from PVUSD), she hired outside attorneys without authority to...
Letters to the Editor, March 25
Possible delays for Freedom project are concerning
I am concerned after reading the March 17 article about the upcoming pipework that the City of Watsonville plans to conduct on Freedom Boulevard. The plan has already been delayed due to supply shortage, what happens if there...
Why I support renewing Watsonville’s Measure U
As a longtime elected official representing the people of Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley, I know how essential and important the agricultural industry is to the region and the rest of Santa Cruz County. In two elections, the voters of Watsonville have overwhelmingly affirmed...
2019 EcoFarm Bus Tour to visit Pajaro Valley farms
The 39th Annual EcoFarm Conference will host its annual farm tour on Jan. 23.
Watsonville City Council ends zoom participation option at public meetings
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday voted to end public comment via Zoom at its meetings, a decision spurred by two racist 'zoom bomb' calls made anonymously on Oct. 24.
The city of Capitola also experienced so-called “Zoom-bombs” around the same time.
In the calls, both...
PVUSD trustees cut school employee, teacher positions
After the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Thursday night made sweeping cuts to 78 classified positions, newly appointed Board President...
