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Hollywood’s harmful fixation on fashion

January 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor Dec. 5-11

Letters to the Editor, Nov. 30

Letters to the Editor, Aug. 1: Tribute to Venice Valdez

Sandy Lydon: The 2023 Pajaro flood and Vallejo’s legacy

Guest View: We can forge a better Watsonville

November 3, 2022

By Casey Clark Hi neighbor! We may have already met. Yes, it is election season. Yes, I am running unopposed, but believe me, I would never dream of taking your vote for granted. Let me tell you of the dreams I do have. I have a dream...

October 12, 2023

“Where ever you are is the entry point.” ~ Kabir I am beginning to see the changing of the season all around me. I smell the whiff of autumn arriving in the air. It is a good season for deep listening to what God (the Universe,...

March 22, 2019

After 1,059 issues, seven years and five months, today I leave the Register-Pajaronian.

July 5, 2022

Over the years of researching, writing and teaching this region’s history I have been keeping top-10 lists such as the most influential natural disasters, floods, earthquakes and the like. I also have one of the “most ill-advised things done by individuals or groups”—perhaps more bluntly...

March 22, 2019

Letters to the Editor, March 22, 2019

December 14, 2023

Recently, we learned of a hunger strike in the Santa Cruz County main jail. Due to intolerable conditions, nine men awaiting trial started a hunger strike on Nov. 8. Five remained on hunger strike for nearly a month. Their demands? • That jail staff treat...

PVUSD Trustees should reconsider layoff decision

December 18, 2025

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s Dec. 11 school board meeting was truly dysfunctional, and represents an extreme deviation from sound governance based on community input. The state of California gives school districts until March 15 to issue initial layoff notices. According to the California...

March 30, 2023

To say the last three weeks have been tough is an understatement. Overwhelming, heartbreaking, enraging and exhausting is more accurate. The Pajaro levee breach on March 11 came at the same time our community marked the three-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. As with...

Letters to the editor Sept. 5-11

September 5, 2025

Prop. 50 stifles diverse voices California’s Proposition 50, on the November ballot, shamelessly deepens voter disenfranchisement. With 52 congressional districts and voters split at 45.3% Democrat, 25.2% Republican, and 22.3% Independent, California’s representation should reflect this diversity. Yet, only 9 of 52 House seats are...

June 18, 2021

One of the healthiest food banks in the country. That’s the claim Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County makes because of the amazing generosity of our local agriculture community, the farmers, packers and farmworkers of the Pajaro Valley and beyond. Second Harvest receives more...

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Opinion

Hollywood’s harmful fixation on fashion

Letters to the Editor Dec. 5-11

Letters to the Editor, Nov. 30

Letters to the Editor, Aug. 1: Tribute to Venice Valdez

Sandy Lydon: The 2023 Pajaro flood and Vallejo’s legacy

Guest View: We can forge a better Watsonville

Religion: Everything is waiting for you

From the editor's desk | The end of the ride

The origin of Santa Cruz County and the division of the Pajaro Valley

Letters to the Editor, March 22, 2019

Guest View: County jails are failing people awaiting trial

PVUSD Trustees should reconsider layoff decision

Guest View: The long road ahead for Pajaro’s recovery

Letters to the editor Sept. 5-11

Appreciating the bounty of our agriculture community

Aptos duo awarded top honors for stellar play on the pitch...

Sexually violent predator Michael Cheek will not be placed in Watsonville,...

Santa Cruz man dies from wounds in March 21 attack

Letters to the Editor, April 10-16

Don’t repeat the mistakes of 2009: Protect Medi-Cal dental benefits