Panetta hoping to continue his mission
Editor’s note: this is the final installment of our pre-election coverage, as voters mull their mail-in ballot and make their decisions. A story on...
Watsonville officials, residents mull city’s General Plan
More than 100 people spent their Saturday morning in the community room of the Watsonville Civic building, where they joined the City Council and...
Hundreds attend Wetland restoration event in Watsonville
More than 250 people joined city and state officials in celebrating World Wetlands Day on Feb. 3, part of the ongoing restoration of Struve...
Seventeen Years and Counting: New Editor Welcomes Input
When I walked into the newsroom of the Register-Pajaronian for the first time in 2007, I felt an incredible weight of responsibility. Watsonville, after...
News Briefs
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Measure N Campaign Kicks Off
Several dozen volunteers gathered in Community Bridges’ atrium Saturday morning to begin a door-knocking campaign they hope will garner the required two-thirds majority vote...
Forecast calls for clearing skies on weekend, rain late next week
The Central Coast will get a temporary reprieve from the rain that has soaked the region for the past week, but it will return.
Meteorologist...
Vehicle crashes kill 3 in 2 days
Two separate vehicle crashes claimed the lives three people over the course of two days.
In the first, a 16-year-old male died on Feb. 2...
Meet the Green Party candidate challenging Panetta
Editor’s note: a story on 19th Congressional incumbent Jimmy Panneta will follow this one. Republican challenger Jason Michael Anderson did not respond to a...
Quick-thinking pharmacist thwarts armed robbery
Sometimes, armed robbery does not pay off. A pharmacist was working at the CVS store on Rodriguez Street at about 11:40am on Feb. 4...
Aptos takes down Watsonville in battle of the ‘Black and Blue...
At one time in the teams’ long history, Aptos and Watsonville were nemesis on the gridiron as members of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic...



















