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This Week in Pajaro Valley’s Past, July 16

July 16, 2021

25 years ago on July 10, 1996 Watsonville police captain Chuck Carter retires this month after 30 years of service, many of them involved in community projects with a social angle. “I’ve never seen a police officer as heavily involved as Chuck is with a...

October 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 19, 2018

May 5, 2017

Watsonville Mayor Oscar Rios' May 2017 update.

August 7, 2020

By Luis A. Alejo, Kevin de León and Eduardo Garcia On July 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that counties on the state’s Covid-19 “monitoring list” must begin the new school year with distance learning. More than half of our state’s counties are on the list,...

March 15, 2019

Letters to the Editor, March 15, 2019

Letters to the Editor, June 20: An ‘All Star Thank You’

June 19, 2017

Letters to the Editor, June 20, 2017

Miguelina Manriquez, Nov. 2: Education matters — now more than ever

November 2, 2018

While most kids grew up running around their daycare after school, I grew up hanging out in my parents’ classrooms. Both of my parents work in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District — a district that is severely underfunded. This district is largely populated by low-income, immigrant families.

March 16, 2023

It is to my dismay upon reading that yet another breach in the Pajaro River Levee has occurred. This has happened numerous times through the years resulting in floods that have inundated the area. The repairs amounted to nothing more than a band-aid. Following the...

October 29, 2024

The people of the Pajaro Valley have shown we are resilient as we’ve faced the impacts of a changing climate, from severe flooding to the threat of wildfire. But more—a lot more—can be done to help reduce the effects on our community from future...

Abel Mejia, Dec. 16: Public relations 101

December 15, 2017

The Human Resources Assistant Superintendent of Pajaro Valley Unified School District should take some remedial courses in public relations if she is going to succeed at her job. She is only partly to blame for the mess that is our district’s negotiation process and the job that the district does to provide for our children’s needs.

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The hidden history of Watsonville, Pajaro Valley | Tony’s Thoughts

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Letters to the Editor, June 20: An ‘All Star Thank You’

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Letter: Upgrade levee with concrete linings

I’m voting yes on Measure Q for the Pajaro Valley

Abel Mejia, Dec. 16: Public relations 101

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