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Changing course

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We are all lifelong learners committed to growing and understanding more about our world. Humanity’s great strength is in its ability to adapt. A little over a year ago, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees decided to end our contracts with...

Letters to the Editor, June 15

Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2018

Is the Electoral College still appropriate?

We are again just weeks away from another presidential election. An election that won't be decided by a plurality of the popular vote, but by what even our Supreme Court has referred to as the “anachronism of the Electoral College.” A perpetual majority of voters...

Letter: Watsonville Elks Lodge lands metal elk

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Thank you Cesar Paz for having this beautiful elk made and installing it at the Watsonville Elks Lodge! Steve Nelms is working on keeping the lawn trimmed. Rodger Silva and Jim O repaired the lawn mower. Ashley Valdivia made a delicious beef stroganoff last week. Randy and...

Guest View: Save it or pave it

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As a member of the Committee for Planned Growth and Farmland Protection that is putting Measure Q on the ballot, I want to address some of the claims that have been made against us by certain Watsonville City Council members and others. We have...

Erica Padilla-Chavez: ​​We are the Food Bank

What is normal? I thought things would return to normal following the three-year Covid pandemic and devastating Santa Cruz Mountain fires. I thought we’d survived the worst. But nothing could have prepared me for the first three months of 2023 and the meteorological disasters...

A keeper of history | On My Mind

My good friend Marvin Byers has left this world. His unexpected passing, on Dec. 17, is a day now stamped into my memory. It is a day, that, if I were a city official, would be spelled out in brass and marble in the...

Letters to the editor June 6–12 2025

Having a ball as the times change It was 1977. The world was playing tennis. I had been riveted by the Wimbledon final match between Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors. I was pulling for Bjorn Borg who looked like Jesus Christ with a racket. My...

New Logo, New Chapter: Watsonville Community Hospital Looks Ahead with Purpose

There’s something powerful about a fresh start—especially when it’s backed by real progress, deep community roots, and a bold vision for the future.  At our April 18 State of the Hospital event, Watsonville Community Hospital unveiled a new logo symbolizing its transition back to community...

Letters to the Editor | Aug. 23, 2019

Letters to the Editor for the week of Aug. 23, 2019.
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Photo story: One injured in 3-vehicle crash

Watsonville Police respond to a three-vehicle crash Wednesday on Green Valley Road at Freedom Boulevard. Watsonville Police said that around 2:50pm a man driving...