The upcoming Santa Cruz County Fair will look different this year, as the sheep and pig livestock barns are slated for demolition in July, nearly four years after the initial board vote on the plans, ...

Local author Rose Ann Woolpert has penned a book about Mary Catherine “Molly” McIntyre Pacheco, whose notable life story has faded from public view.

Santa Cruz County supervisors on Tuesday postponed until June 30 a decision on proposed cuts to local arts funding after ...

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday declined to place a $192 million school facilities bond measure on the November ballot.

CLEANUP A worker hauls a tarp out of a homeless camp along the Pajaro River levee on the Monterey County side during a cleanup of an encampment in 2025. (Tarmo Hannula/Pajaronian file) Watsonville may ...

MOVINF FORTH These workers set up a fireworks stand in front of the Watsonville Buddhist Temple. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) Every year, nonprofits set up firework stands throughout the city of ...

These folks practice carrying clouds in preparation for an upcoming Mardi Gras event in Watsonville on Feb. 1, 1961 ...

More than 150 law officials—from police and deputies to state park rangers and the Highway Patrol—were joined by 80 ...

Less than one year after the Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved his $229,000 contract, Chief Business Officer ...

There’s a lot of work that goes into being a student-athlete nowadays. Most have to juggle between practice, workouts ...