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Pajaro Valley Trustee Gabe Medina will be prohibited from entering the PV High campus for two weeks. In a tense Wednesday meeting characterized by arguments...

Watsonville clinches PCAL Mission Division title | Boys soccer

High School Sports

Watsonville High senior defender Damian Moreno knocked in the game-winning goal for the boys’ soccer team, and the Wildcatz defeated Pajaro Valley, 1-0, in...

Manny Contreras out as Watsonville High’s head football coach

High School Sports

In a stunning turn of events, Manny Contreras will not return as Watsonville High’s head football coach for the upcoming 2026 fall season. Contreras received...

Cabrillo football coach Justin Hansen to take leave of absence

Cabrillo

Cabrillo College announced Monday that head football coach Justin Hansen will take a formal family medical leave of absence effective immediately. Hansen is expected to...

Watsonville boys’ soccer battle in scoreless draw against Gonzales | Weeklys Sports Roundup

High School Sports

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division title following a 0-0 draw...

CRIME, FIRE & COURTS

Suspect nabbed on bomb threat

February 6, 2026

Watsonville Police arrested a man on Jan. 28 for making a bomb threat to a local hospital. WPD spokeswoman Erika Vazquez said WPD arrested 32-year-old...

Teens arrested in Jan. 19 shooting

February 6, 2026

Two 17-year-olds have been arrested in connection with an attempted murder following an operation Tuesday. Detectives, with the help of local law enforcement partners, served...

Monterey County Sheriff investigating after body found

February 6, 2026

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body that was found in an agricultural field near Highway 183 and McFadden Road in the...

Photo story: Firefighters battle car fire

February 5, 2026

Watsonville firefighters battle flames erupting from a car in Pajaro Wednesday evening. Capt. Thomas Outzen of North Monterey County Fire said there were no...

OPINION

In support of Pajaro Valley High School walkout

February 10, 2026

PVUSD is at risk of endorsing a twisted account of the Pájaro Valley High School walkout, a narrative that strips students of political agency and infringes on their constitutional rights while professing concern for their well-being. In a window in which the federal government has deployed ICE and the Border...