Watsonville City Council supports acceptance of rail line business plan
WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville City Council at a special meeting Friday evening passed a resolution expressing support for the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC)...
Watsonville Police Chief asks FBI to investigate calls for ‘barbaric’ protest
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville Police Chief David Honda has contacted the FBI for help in tracing the origin of a heavily-circulated social media post calling for a...
PVUSD trustees to vote on rescinding Superintendent’s termination
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees late Friday night tabled an effort to appoint an interim superintendent after a trustee reconsidered an earlier vote to fire district Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez.
Sheriff’s Office arrests 2, seize drugs, weapons and cash
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—An Aptos man has been arrested after a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team (SET) serving a search warrant found...
Freedom Fire forces evacuations just north of Watsonville
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Heavy winds pummeled the Central Coast Monday night and into Tuesday, causing numerous power outages, scores of power lines to crash to...
Cabrillo president rejects ‘Eurocentric’ description of school’s namesake
APTOS—As Santa Cruz County’s community college begins efforts to possibly rebrand itself with a new name—and reject the name of Spanish Explorer Juan Rodriguez...
Pajaronian launches new website
The Pajaronian’s website received a complete overhaul Wednesday.
The Pajaronian, the news leader of the Pajaro Valley since 1868, launched the new, intuitive design to...
Illegal firearms seized after car stop
Local law agencies found a large stash of illegal firearms ammunition following a routine car stop.
According to the California Highway Patrol, officers in April...
One dead, houses damaged in windstorm
A man was killed in Boulder Creek after a tree crashed into his home, as winds pounded Santa Cruz County after several heavy rainstorms...
PVPSA unveils new headquarters
WATSONVILLE—Volumes of praise and thanks, mixed with a handful of official proclamations, filled the sunny afternoon air at a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new...
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...






















