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On Thursday, the National Afterschool Alliance celebrated the 18th Annual Lights On Afterschool Event.

About 80 percent of parents nationwide own some type of mobile device, yet 60 percent of low-income children do not have books in their homes.

Members of the community came together at Second Harvest Food Bank on Thursday night to celebrate farmers, growers and food distributors in the Pajaro Valley.

While their peers were living out the last week of summer vacation, 130 middle school students chose to buckle down and delve into a subject near and dear to their hearts.

The City of Watsonville joined more than 150 municipalities across the country in opposing expanded offshore drilling, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April calling for its reevaluation.

The annual countywide Spelling Bee took place Saturday at UC Santa Cruz. Students from fourth to ninth grade participated in two separate groups.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District is in the final stages of negotiations with the district’s classified workers, represented by California School Employees Association (CSEA).

More than 100 people packed the Watsonville City Council Chambers Wednesday to ask the Pajaro Valley Unified School District to approve a new charter school, which if successful would open in the fall 2019 school year.

Having again won the Marine Advanced Technology Education center annual ROV competition at Watsonville High School on May 12, a team from Aptos High School is once again preparing to defend its international crown.

Downtown came alive this weekend as large crowds attended the 23rd annual Watsonville Strawberry Festival.