PVUSD, Watsonville Pilots Association reach agreement
Pajaro Valley Unified School District has reached an agreement with Watsonville Pilots Association, which will allow construction of playing fields and a performing arts center to move forward.
A musical homecoming
When singer Andy Vargas heard that the City of Watsonville would be celebrating its 150th birthday in 2018, he knew he had to somehow be part of it.
Remembering LaFortune
About eight years ago, New School Community Day School teacher Louis LaFortune began working on a garden there with a handful of his fellow teachers.
Watsonville Fire training new recruits
With an almost military precision, a small group of recruits stood at attention at Watsonville Fire Station 2 Friday morning, ready to continue the training that will make them full-fledged firefighters.
‘True colors’
Just before he burst through a rainbow-colored door and ran through a gauntlet of cheerleaders and cheering friends in Pajaro Valley High School’s quad, Fernie Viveros proclaimed himself to be “hella gay.”
The pride of their family
A few weeks ago, a parent of a student at Ohlone Elementary School decided that the kids at the school should understand the full width and breadth of the pride their parents have in them.
Fire damages Seacliff apartment building
Flames tore through an apartment in the Seacliff area Tuesday afternoon, displacing several occupants from the fourplex.
An historical year for Watsonville
Nearly 150 years after its incorporation, Watsonville leaders are planning out how the sesquicentennial will be celebrated in 2018.
Workers walk off job, citing company inaction
More than 100 raspberry harvesters walked off the job Wednesday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices by Watsonville-based Premiere Raspberries LLC.
Crash triggers wild land fires in Larkin Valley
Two fires broke out on Larkin Valley Road Tuesday after a pickup slammed into a utility pole and knocked over power lines.
Powerful storms clobber Central Coast
A string of strong winter storms slammed the Central Coast over the past several days, toppling power and communication lines, knocking down scores of...
