The Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture has named this year's awardees for the best of the Pajaro Valley.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a first look at this year’s finances in advance of budget hearings in June. The $1.23 billion budget proposal is $176 million less than last ...

EARTH WATCH Watsonville Mayor Maria Orozco gathers information from the folks at the Pajaro Valley Climate Action table April 27 in Watsonville Plaza during a celebration of Earth Day. More than 45 ...

Less than three hours after Santa Cruz County unveiled for the public the first look at this year’s budget on Friday—which among other things calls for laying off 74.40 full time equivalent positions ...

Watsonville Charter School of the Arts teacher Bobby Marchessault, at the podium, addresses the PVUSD Board of Trustees April 16 as Rabbi Debbie Israel, looks on. (Todd Guild/The Pajaronian) The Times ...

Flodberg Park lies in the center of a neighborhood at the end of Alvarado Street, a tiny place with a grassy field, a blacktop, a play structure and tables for picnics. There is also a long, colorful ...

Cheryl Anderson, Cabrillo College’s director of Choral and Vocal Studies, rehearses for a final performance Tuesday. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began writing ...

Watsonville Community Hospital has improved its finances and, with Measure L funds rolling in, will soon begin upgrades. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) The past three years have been transformative ...

Janet Johns, dancer and choreographer with Esperanza del Valle, was recently named Artist of the Year by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) A free “profile ...

A freight train owned by Union Pacific pulling seven cars collided with an agricultural tank truck east of Pajaro around 3:15pm. According to North Monterey County Div. Chief Rick Parker, the male ...