Western Growers launches new job board
Western Growers is rolling out its Careers in Ag Job Center, a jobs platform exclusively for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related careers within the agricultural industry.
A year without stages
Last month we observed the one-year anniversary of when Covid-19 brought all of our lives to a sudden halt.
Personally, this year has been a challenge not only health wise and financially, but emotionally and creatively as well. Like many of you, I lost so...
Letter: PVUSD Board wise to appoint member
The PVUSD Board of Trustees was wise to move to make an appointment to fill the vacant Area 6 seat on the Board. Special elections often have terrible turnout and in this case would be a waste of $80,000.
As a parent of PVUSD students,...
Letters to the Editor, Oct. 18, 2019
We need impeachment now — not later
Donald Trump’s recent attempts to pressure Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election demonstrate that he is a danger to our democracy and our election security. Thanks to complaints by multiple whistleblowers, information released by the White House,...
Guest View: Measures Q and S are flawed
By Kathleen Kilpatrick
Twenty years ago my family and I supported Measure U. Measure U was a compromise measure that came from Action Pajaro Valley, a robust stakeholder process that created the Watsonville Urban Limit line to allow for some growth and protection of farmland...
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 16: Watsonville City Council continues to protect our coast
Letters to the Editor, Dec. 16, 2017
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...
There’s a hole in the bucket
Memo from Rev. Mathews-Johnson
I love the old story that goes like this: A group of young children were sitting in a circle with their teacher. She was going around asking each of them questions.
“Davy, what noise does a cow make?” He said, “It goes...
Year In Review: A year of change and progress
Many believed 2021 was supposed to be a year of recovery. I remember attending a press conference during the late spring in which county health officials said that they expected the pandemic would largely be winding down as we reached the final quarter of...
Letters to the Editor Dec. 5-11
Suggestions for PVUSD
My recommendations regarding the Recommended Realignments of PVUSD:
1. Regarding school closure, I have advocated for an idea to sell the District Office...



















