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December 21, 2025

Mutual respect

Jay Shinseki Watsonville
I wish to share the merit of writing this work equally with all beings, So that we may all awaken aspiration for Bodhi and together...

Fireworks in the sky are not always a celebration

Jimmy Dutra
Each year we hear and see an increase in fireworks throughout our community. This can be distressing to so many people and their pets....

Letters to the Editor, June 18

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Acosta’s ‘No’ vote a disservice to PVUSD students Amid a national teacher shortage, last week Trustee Georgia Acosta voted to make it even more challenging...

Key environmental legislation passes assembly

CALIFORNIA—As California recovers from a historic heatwave, the State Assembly last week passed three bills by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) to help fight the...

Local water agency works toward long-term drought solutions

  In 1983, a group of local farmers looking for ways to manage the Pajaro Valley’s groundwater basin formed the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency...

A lament

Rev. Robby Olson
Questioning God’s character and promises? Welcome to the Bible! Most readers of the Bible spend little time in the book of Lamentations, a short book...

Taking Pride in our community

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Rainbow flags are flying at PVUSD schools this month. The colored bars represent different aspects of our LGBTQ+ community, that we come from all...

This Week in Pajaro Valley’s Past, June 4

25 years ago on June 4, 1996 720 students will soon transfer from middle and junior high schools in the PV School District to the...

The trouble with snakes

Rev. Robin Mathews-Johnson
“ called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take...

This Week in Pajaro Valley’s Past, May 28

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25 years ago on May 23, 1996 Nobody knows Watsonville High School like Mas Hashimoto. Born at home just two blocks from the campus, he’s...
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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...