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

Watsonville city on Tuesday reopened its landfill after a seven-year closure, with two new areas that will provide about 75 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly two years after the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to end the contract of a company ...

This story has been updated with quotes from PVUSD Board Vice President Misty Navarro, and a response from Trustee Gabe Medina. The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...