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December 9, 2025

On My Mind, Aug. 24: What stop sign? What speed bump?

I live between a stop sign and a speed bump. There’s an official city traffic sign posted standing at the edge of my front yard: “Speed Bump, 15 mph.” No one does that.

Guest View: PVUSD must build, not cut the arts in schools

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The Pajaro Valley has a beautiful and rich culture of visual and performing arts. From long established dance groups, murals, music, film, to the...

Letters to the Editor, March 5

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Regarding moving the bust of Washington Seeing as how the City Council caved to the cancel culture mob I have decided to make as many...

Serving the nation

Serving the nation The United States Postal Service is committed to delivering your mail and packages throughout the current pandemic. We are proud of our...

Hollywood’s harmful fixation on fashion

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When I walked into work on Monday morning, a fellow reporter asked me if I’d tuned in to the Hollywood award show known as...

Local and national elections display the power of media and bias on politics

Editor’s note: Zen Weaver is a junior at Aptos High School. This is his second story for The Pajaronian. We welcome contributions from aspiring...

Letters to the Editor

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Time for Watsonville to work together The passage of Measure Q by voters shows that Watsonville citizens want to see the city grow in an...

Rick Longinotti and Mireya Gomez-Contreras, Dec. 7: Real alternatives for Watsonville commuters

Anyone over a certain age who has driven the freeways of the Bay Area or Southern California knows that widening highways doesn’t work to reduce congestion beyond the short-term.

Giving everyone access to health coverage is a priority for Monterey Bay hospitals

With all the political instability in Washington D.C., it’s difficult to know what our health care system will look like in the future. Despite the recent failure of efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the White House appears to b
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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...