Eriberto Estrada, a recent Pajaro Valley High School graduate and California State University Monterey Bay student, is running for a school board seat in Trustee Area 4.

The county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has partnered with Salinas company High Degree to test out the use of soil steaming — in which specialized equipment is used to inject high-temperature st...

The four candidates vying for two Watsonville City Council seats discussed their thoughts on a host of issues in a forum held in the Community Room of the Watsonville Civic Plaza Wednesday evening.

This week’s events include Creed Bratton of “The Office” fame sharing stories and playing music at Felton Music Hall, the Santa Cruz Symphony playing American symphonic classics, and indie rockers Fru...

The new skate park at Pinto Lake County Park on the outskirts of Watsonville is already two months into construction and is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year.

Locally, three Santa Cruz High School seniors are recognizing Banned Books Week with a screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary chronicling the issues librarians face in a climate where organizati...

Over the course of its five days, an estimated 53,000 people attended the fair which marked an 11% increase over the previous year.

The Santa Cruz Symphony will open its season with a concert celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, with compositions ranging from Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” to selections from”West Side Story” an...

The district has begun participating in the California State University system’s Direct Admissions Program, which identifies academic data and informs students of eligibility for a CSU school, based o...

This week’s events include a battle of the bands at the Catalyst Club, the Duck Island Music Festival at San Lorenzo Park, Martha High’s Funky Divas at Kuumbwa Jazz and author Joseph Fink at Bookshop ...

Amanda Engeldrum Magaña, a licensed clinical social worker and chief quality officer for Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance, has been selected to temporarily lead the youth services nonpr...

Following a discussion that lasted nearly four hours, the Watsonville City Council voted 5-2 to direct staff to bring back a discussion on the city’s use of Flock Safety cameras with several stipulati...

More than a year after the Watsonville City Council voted 5-2 to extend its contract with Flock Safety and increase the number of automated license plate readers to 37 — despite opposition from the co...

Clayton Conroy, an actor and 2012 Santa Cruz High School graduate who was getting more gigs following a role in the Netflix series “The Gringo Hunters,” is recovering after being struck by another veh...

Andrew Goldenkranz, who worked for decades in education, wants to bring that experience to the Pajaro Valley school board.

This week’s events include progressive bluegrass band Railroad Earth at Felton Music Hall, garage rock revivalists The Schizophonics at Moe’s Alley, a Santa Cruz Guitar Co. 50th anniversary concert at...

For many, Wednesday was a day families had been looking forward to all year. From the first glimpse of the Ferris wheels and colorful rides visible from East Lake Avenue to the sounds of engines being...

All day Monday, volunteers were on hand hanging banners and setting up booths for this year’s fair, which boasts the theme “Apple Pies and Starry Skies.” Submitted by Randy Fong, the theme is a reflec...

Meilin Obinata, a senior college admissions counselor atInsight Education, is running for a Pajaro Valley school board seat in Trustee Area 1.

The organization, which represents more than 80 affiliated unions and more than 37,000 members throughout the Monterey Bay, hosted its annual Labor Day picnic with booths from local unions, lunch cate...

The Watsonville City Council will consider allocation of Measure Q funds at its Tuesday meeting.

Months after retiring from a 25-year career at Pajaro Valley Unified School District, where she worked in various positions, Alicia Jimenez is seeking to return to the district as a school board trust...

Giacomo Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West,” the Italian composer’s most famous American opera, was translated by Thomas Clark and will be performed at Santa Cruz’s Colligan Theater for four night...

Reignited in 2009 after a 17-year hiatus, PiL have proven they are here to stay with their current tour dubbed This is Not the Last Tour. And guess what? That includes a stop at the Rio Theatre Saturd...

Approximately 50 nurses and union representatives gathered outside the Watsonville Community Hospital entrance Monday to speak out against the hospital’s decision to temporarily close the neonatal int...

For 65 years, the athletic field at Watsonville High School has been named for Emmett Geiser, longtime coach and athletic director with many titles and a strong winning record to his name. That will n...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District and its teachers union, the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, reached a tentative agreement in its negotiations Tuesday, setting the stage for both partie...

This week’s events include San Francisco Giants coach-turned-bluegrass singer Tim Flannery at Kuumbwa Jazz, garage rockers Eagles of Death Metal at the Catalyst, cover band Sweet Voodoo at El Vaquero ...

After 13 years in management positions with the company co-founded by her grandfather, Brie Reiter Smith has been promoted to CEO of Watsonville-based berry giant Driscoll’s, the company announced in ...

Starting in the ’90s, Flynn began making more frequent trips where she learned more about her ancestors and the Irish history and culture that shaped them. One trip in 2013, spurred by the recent deat...

Because of his everlasting legacy, the Watsonville High community is proposing the school’s Geiser Field — named for longtime coach and athletic director Emmett Geiser since 1961 — also incorporate lo...

South County has two major elections to look forward to, each with four seats for grabs. The Watsonville City Council elections will once again be more low-key this year, with two incumbents running u...

The neonatal intensive care unit at Watsonville Community Hospital has been closed for the past month, as the hospital navigates a shortage of staff in the labor and delivery unit. Interim CEO Tim Mor...

This weeks concerts include founding Old Crow Medicine show banjoist Willie Watson at Felton Music Hall, instrumental psychedelic rockers Earthless at Moe’s Alley, local favorites the Alex Lucero Band...

In past years, audiences had to experience Kirchen and Gerber’s unique sounds separately, but that has changed recently as the two musicians have performed shows together to give audiences a deal of t...

The Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office is testing the use of soil steaming — in which specialized equipment is used to inject high-temperature steam into the soil before berry crops ...

The Watsonville Municipal Airport’s share of the pie is $115,058, which will go toward installing new markings for Runway 2/20 to bring the airport into conformity with current standards.

The city has received a proposal for a public art project at the roundabout at Clifford Drive and Pennsylvania Avenue, one that celebrates Watsonville’s natural history, and it will go before the Park...

All About Theatre’s production of “Dear Evan Hansen” is unique in that it will mark the first time the show has been performed in Santa Cruz County. Darren Jackson-Wilkins, a recent UC Santa Cruz mast...

This week’s events include rap duo Atmosphere at the Quarry Amphitheater, longtime local rockers Snail at the Rio, folk singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco at the Civic and the Jazz Mafia’s 25th anniversar...

H.A. Hyde Elementary Principal Erin Legorreta is looking forward to a lot in the 2026-27 school year, including continued academic growth from the previous year and participation in the school’s commu...

Fast-rising Grass Valley quartet Broken Compass Bluegrass will headline a bluegrass bill at Woodhouse Blending & Brewing Aug. 16.

Since November 2025, the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers has been in negotiations with the district trying to push for such goals as smaller class sizes and special education caseloads and haltin...

The fire was contained within 20 minutes, fire district officials wrote. No residents or firefighters were injured, but the damage was significant enough that the residence was deemed uninhabitable, a...

The setting of the Grand Canyon and Nina Simon’s relationship with her sister culminated in her second book, “My Sister is Going to Kill Me,” about a pair of sisters touring the Grand Canyon in an exp...

David Sanford, county agricultural commissioner, announced in a news release that his office is initiating a $175,000 pilot project funded by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation that wil...

The Pajaro Valley school board voted 4-1 to rebrand the campus formerly known as Cesar Chavez Middle School to Central Coast Middle School, in keeping with a recommendation by a recently formed school...

This week’s Santa Cruz County happenings include Hollywood rapper Mickey Avalon at Felton Music Hall, experimental rockers Man Man at the catalyst, singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin at the Rio and countr...

The exhibit features works by 31 artists in a variety of media: primarily photography, but also paintings, sculptures and mixed media. All depicted the various ways people throughout the world have ma...