Banda Superbandido delivers their mix of Mexican music Sunday in downtown Watsonville during the Cinco de Mayo Festival. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian) Thousands of people showed up for the 35th ...

Aptos High senior Izzy Graff won the girls' long jump event at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Track and Field Championship at Aptos High on May 3. (John Lee/The Pajaronian) Aptos sophomore ...

Dolores Huerta shows a map of pesticide usage as Center for Farmworker Families director Ann Lopez and Campaign for Organic and Regeneraive Agriculture co-counder Adam Scow look on. (Isabella ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aptos senior Avi Andrews has been a threat on offense for the Mariners' girls' lacrosse team, which currently owns a 7-0 record in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division play this season.

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 ...