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Every day, Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s small team of socio-emotional counselors take on an enormous range of problems affecting thousands of students.

Every day at New School Community Day School, students can leave behind their worries and stress, if only for an hour.

On Wednesday afternoon, Navy veteran Robert Shaffer was taken up in a Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk from the Watsonville Municipal Airport to celebrate his 91st birthday.

Nearly three months after Pajaro Valley Unified School District teachers declared an impasse in contract negotiations with the district, the two sides have reached “tentative agreements” on several provisions, Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez stated on the district website.

Facing a packed agenda, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will hear a budget status report, consider approving a comprehensive safety plan for all its schools and consider approving the contract for a new chief business officer.

The walkout at Watsonville High School Wednesday began at 10 a.m., when a small group of students walked through campus, shouting “Walkout!”

A person familiar with the deal confirmed the agreement reached on the first day of the new league year. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the signing hadn't been announced by the team. NFL Network first reported the deal.

Three months after the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved some $300,000 to upgrade the county’s women’s jail, a group of law enforcement officials, politicians and service providers gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility Friday.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the contract for a Chief Business Officer, a position at the financial helm of the massive district, and in charge of a $230 million budget.

A Watsonville man was arrested early Tuesday morning after an 11-hour standoff that began when he attacked his mother, Watsonville Police Sgt. Mish Radich said.