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December 22, 2025

What name as a replacement for Cabrillo? Here are some options

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By Steve Trujillo  In consideration of a badly-needed name change for Cabrillo Community College, there are three considerations that should be paramount:  1. If it is...

Answering the wrong phone

Rev. Robin Mathews-Johnson
MEMO FROM REV. MATHEWS-JOHNSON It’s that time of year again. Christmas brings up wonderful memories for me. Maybe some of you can relate. But this year...

This Week in Pajaro Valley’s Past, May 7

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25 years ago on May 6, 1996 The Cinco de Mayo festivities in the Plaza keep growing, drawing 8,000 people and diverse entertainers this year....

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...

Welcome to Watsonville, Pastor John

Rev. Robin Mathews-Johnson
It is so easy, ridiculously easy, to simply point at someone else and say, “He’s not in our group.”  Ever felt that way? I...

Youth offenders must be housed locally

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As part of the Governor’s “commitment to providing more treatment and rehabilitative services for youth closer to home” under SB 823, the state is...

Letters to the Editor, Aug. 13

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Sheriff Oversight Commission needed On behalf of Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Santa Cruz County, we submit this letter to draw your attention to...

PVUSD board welcomes new student trustee

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Last week, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees swore in a new student trustee, Itzi Sanchez. Ms. Sanchez attends New School...

Supporting those who put themselves out front

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In March 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic set in, a large collective of nonprofits, public institutions and individuals serving the Pajaro Valley mobilized weekly...

Letters to the Editor, Dec. 3

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Save our hospital I want to give heartfelt thanks to Mimi Hall and all the other individuals and organizations that are working to save our...
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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...