Council rejects moratorium extension
The Watsonville City Council denied extending a moratorium on medical facilities in shopping centers Tuesday.
Getting outside the box
With hikes through the woods and sloughs, ropes courses high in the redwoods and a study of water ecosystems, a new program at New School Community Day School has taken students outside the traditional classroom setting.
PVUSD: no benefit cap for teachers
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees Chair Kim De Serpa said Wednesday that the district has taken a benefit cap for teachers off the negotiating table.
A ‘bridge to the community’
Cabrillo College is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Porter Gulch Review at a launch party on May 16 in the Horticulture Building on the college’s Aptos campus.
The circus comes to town
Nearly a century ago, a boy went to a circus in La Unión, a tiny town in Guerrero, Mexico. He fell in love with a young trapeze artist there, and immediately decided to join the circus to be with her.
Aptos man arrested on child porn charges
An Aptos High School graduate who worked for an after-school program at Mar Vista Elementary School, was taking early childhood education classes at Cabrillo College and held numerous babysitting jobs, was arrested April 27 on charges he was in possession
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
Under slightly overcast skies and an occasional mild breeze, the 28th annual Cinco de Mayo celebration took place Sunday in downtown Watsonville.
Local car enthusiast holds soft spot for Cadillacs
When Dennis Jacobsen was 12, he was already fascinated with Cadillacs.
Paul Rigor closes eponymous shop after 46 years in the auto repair business
Paul Rigor tears up when he talks about closing his shop, Rigor’s German Auto Repair Specialists, after more than 46 years in business.
How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago
For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...
