The Pajaro Valley Unified School District's Watsonville headquarters. (Tarmo Hannula/Pajaronian file) The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will consider a proposal ...

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's detectives examine dozens of stolen bikes in an illegal campsite in Arana Gulch. A man living in a homeless encampment in the Arana Gulch area was arrested Tuesday after he ...

Protesters took the streets on May Day, or International Worker's Day, in Watsonville Thursday. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) In concert with scores of protests, marches and rallies around the globe ...

Giovanni Salas lifts his team's underwater robot from the water following a competition of such devices April 26 at Watsonville High School. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) Teams from schools around ...

Monte Vista Christian senior third baseman Tyson Shaw and the Mustangs' baseball team are in a tight battle to win the Pacific Coast Athletic League MIssion Division championship this season. (Juan ...

Misssion Hills Middle School student Bryce Grossman, 14, left, joins Sloan Peterson, 15 and Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah in raising the Pride flag. (Todd Guild/The ...

Solo travel offers incredible freedom and discovery, but even the most adventurous wanderers experience downtime. Those long train journeys, delayed flights or quiet evenings in unfamiliar cities can ...

Aptos High's Nick Bjorn shot a 10-over-par 80 at Pasatiempo Golf Club to place second in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Boys' Golf Championship on April 29. (Raul Ebio/The Pajaronian) Aptos’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...