Letters, Oct. 21, 2022
Save our irreplaceable farmland
Our farm, Lakeside Organic Gardens, now in our 26th year, creates hundreds of jobs and supports local businesses that rely on...
Guest View: Measure Q is a better option
It is time for us voters in the City of Watsonville to decide on Measure Q and Measure S. I read several articles related...
Group sparks conversation about Valley’s pesticide use
A newly formed community group with the vision of reducing the use of pesticides in the Pajaro Valley is taking on international berry giant...
Guest View: Save it or pave it
As a member of the Committee for Planned Growth and Farmland Protection that is putting Measure Q on the ballot, I want to address...
Letter: Fairgrounds and community will suffer the most
I came to the Pajaro Valley in late 2000 to serve this community as editor of the Register-Pajaronian. For the next decade, my staff...
Letter: Dr. Gallagher is who the Hospital Board needs
Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board positions are going to be available for the Watsonville Community Hospital and the voting is part of the...
Guest View: Towards shared prosperity
When everyone has what they need to thrive, we all benefit. That core belief is part of what our group, Rise Together, an initiative...
Sandy Lydon: How Cabrillo College was named and helped unify the county
In August 2020 a group of faculty, students and community members approached the Cabrillo Board of Trustees and stated that the college’s namesake, the...
Sandy Lydon: The plan to obliterate Santa Cruz County
There were 27 original counties when California became a state on Sept. 9, 1850, but adjusting boundaries and forming new ones was nowhere near...
Guest View: Absurd decision threatens fairgrounds’ future
By GREG CAPUT
The Santa Cruz County Fair was facing bankruptcy when Dave Kegebein entered his position to save our county fairgrounds. The state had...
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...














