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April 22, 2025
PVUSD Trustees Bring Back Controversial Ethnic Studies Program
Nearly two years after the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to end the contract of a company providing ethnic studies...
April 15, 2025
Lawsuit Targets Executive Order Cutting Library Funding
A coalition of 21 attorneys general sued the Trump administration over an executive order to cut federal funding for libraries and museums.
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April 10, 2025
Redman-Hirahara House Faces Delisting and Demolition
The end of the line may have come for the crumbling Victorian on the outskirts of Watsonville, designed by architect William Weeks in 1897.
April 1, 2025
Aptos High Principal’s Resignation Draws Scrutiny
When Principal Alison Hanks-Sloan sent a letter announcing she would not return for the 2025-26 school year, officials said she “resigned.”
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March 25, 2025
Raw Talent
In Freaky Tales, Watsonville native Sedrick Cabrera is cast alongside actor Pedro Pascal, known for Game of Thrones.
March 19, 2025
County Supes OK Cannabis Lounges in Unincorporated Areas
Cannabis lovers will be able to sit and smoke at dispensaries the way beer drinkers hang in bars thanks to a new county ordinance.
March 19, 2025
Tiny Village Moves Ahead at Church in Watsonville
The city denied a neighbors’ group appeal against Recurso de Fuerza Village, slated for the parking lot of Westview Presbyterian Church.
March 5, 2025
PVUSD Trustees Revisit Budget
Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s board rejected two proposals to cut personnel but approved other layoffs, including 45 teachers.