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From the editor's desk, Aug. 15: Celebrating 150 years

Letter: Cabrillo College trustee responds to article

Letters to the Editor, Feb. 8, 2019

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Supervisor’s Update: Connecting communities

Donald Trump’s approach to governance is frequently analyzed through chaos theory, where calculated unpredictability, disruption, and rapid, impulsive shifts are used as strategic tools to manage, dominate, or reshape political environments. This tactic aims to keep opponents off balance, control the agenda and overturn established...

January 22, 2018

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March 26, 2018

Letter to the Editor, March 27, 2018

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July 24, 2020

By John Gallagher, Grand Jury Supervising Judge We need the Grand Jury and the Grand Jury needs you. In this time of political polarization at all levels of government, the need for a neutral Grand Jury to investigate, report on government performance and offer solutions...

January 5, 2023

Appreciate outgoing councilmembers Thank you Watsonville Councilmembers Rebecca Garcia and Lowell Hurst for your longtime dedication to the Watsonville City Council. Please know that the Watsonville community is forever thankful for your leadership. —Daryl Wise, Watsonville Ancestral guilt As an amateur genealogist, I would like to add my...

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 23–29

January 23, 2026

Passenger rail price estimates too high One can never convince me that restoring the Santa Cruz Branch rail line for passenger rail would cost an estimated $4.2 billion dollars! I am not a transportation planner or consultant however it is obvious something doesn't jive and...

Letters to the Editor Jan. 9-15

January 9, 2026

Addressing boisterous, long PVUSD meetings What occurred at the PVUSD board meeting last month should never have happened. Trustee Joy Flynn’s response to a shout from the crowd about “blood on your hands” posed no threat, and was likely a reference to a belief that...

John Skinner, Nov. 21: How Trump is making America great again

November 20, 2017

When Donald Trump began his run for the office of president with the slogan “Make America Great Again,” my thought was, “When was America not great? What is wrong with the country?”

Sandy Lydon: The legacy of the county boundary in the river

April 6, 2023

Back in three successive Pajaronian columns (July 1, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2), I laid out the convoluted story of how a group of Yankee (white) residents in and around Santa Cruz seceded from Monterey County and the two were born side-by-side in 1850. Monterey...

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Protect small business

From the editor's desk, Aug. 15: Celebrating 150 years

Letter: Cabrillo College trustee responds to article

Letters to the Editor, Feb. 8, 2019

Supervisor’s Update: Connecting communities

Chaos as a political strategy

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 23: Build a wall that attracts

Letter to the Editor, March 27: Republicans, please help

Letters to the Editor, May 6

We need you, now more than ever

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Letters to the Editor Jan. 9-15

John Skinner, Nov. 21: How Trump is making America great again

Sandy Lydon: The legacy of the county boundary in the river

‘Catz lose tight battle to Los Alamitos in D-III title match...

‘Catz receive escort en route to CIF State Championship | Boys...

Watsonville oversized vehicle ordinance takes effect

Photo story: Angry Chickz set to open in Watsonville

Teens arrested after e-bike chase; CHP offers rules