34th Annual Evening of Wine and Roses
With autumn on the horizon, many local residents look forward to the first social event to celebrate the harvest season in the Pajaro Valley, our annual fundraiser, an Evening of Wine and Roses. This year’s event, which raises funds to support diabetes prevention efforts, health education, oral healthcare, scholarships for students in the health professions, and other health promotion efforts, will be held
Local artist tapped for PVCHT exhibit
Eleven new art pieces now grace the walls of the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust thanks to the efforts of local artist Jaime Sanchez.
PHOTO: Revved up
The Watsonville High School varsity football team prepares for the school's homecoming parade Thursday in downtown Watsonville.
Veterans to be honored
Every year, local veterans, their friends and families and community members assemble in the Veterans Memorial Building to honor the people who served in the military.
Doctor: Stay inside when conditions are smoky
The massive cluster of wildfires in Napa County has so far clawed its way through nearly 192,000 acres, destroyed some 5,700 homes and businesses and killed 34 people. But it has also spewed smoke throughout the Bay Area, as far away as Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties.
Watsonville sends crews to battle Napa fires
As thousands of people are evacuated from some of the worst wildfires in California history, firefighters from throughout the state are heading into Napa County to help quell the blazes and protect the buildings that have not yet burned.
‘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.”
Police investigating fire at bank
A quick-thinking customer is credited with saving a building from serious damage Monday morning.
Smothering the competition
Six judges had the envious task of tasting three different burritos, making notes on which one was worthy of being crowned the Best Burrito on the Central Coast during the Burrito Bash on Saturday.
Farm tour doubles its numbers
An estimated 2,000 people visited farms throughout Corralitos Sunday, stepping into orchards, walking through crop-rows and delving into the inner-workings of an industry normally closed to the public.
Man arrested in levee death
Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies on Friday arrested a Pajaro man for the murder of Watsonville resident Jesús Alfonso Duarte Figueroa, whose body was found...