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The Pajaronian is the leading news source in California's Pajaro Valley. It was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1956 for its contributions to public service.

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Are we in the midst of a cultural revolution?

3 days ago | pajaronian.com | Todd Guild

Since the 1960s, the U.S. has become a more inclusive country. This necessarily meant that white men lost some part of their privileged positions in education, employment and entertainment. By the 2000s, in the wake of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, anti-racism books were on the best sellers list, major corporations were examining their hiring and promotion policies, and educational institutions were beginning to address structural racism. The backlash has been intense.
AIDS/LifeCycle reaches finish line after 31 years

3 days ago | pajaronian.com | Todd Guild

Just over three decades ago, a group of people set out on a 545-mile bicycle journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a weeklong trek that took them along rugged coastlines, through verdant agricultural fields and along vast stretches of highway. Then called the California AIDS Ride, the annual event evolved in 2002 to the AIDS/LifeCycle. It is the world’s largest annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser, and benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
City Council approves revenue bonds to fund Ramsay, Plaza work

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Todd Guild

On Tuesday, 7-year-old Vincent Robles was playing in Callaghan Park in downtown Watsonville, clambering over the play structures and going up and down the slide. But what he really wanted, his mother Jessica said, was to go back to Ramsay Park, with its big slide. “He loves it there,” she said. Vincent will have about another year to wait. The park is in the midst of the Ramsay Park Renaissance Project, a massive $34.6 million endeavor that will include several new features.
Queer expression in focus at PV Arts

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Tarmo Hannula

A new exhibit highlighting the LGBTQ community has filled the walls of PV Arts on Sudden Street. Titled “Hers, His, Theirs, Ours: Queer Expression,” the show includes more than 70 artists, both local and from outside the community, and features a huge range of media, from oils and acrylic on canvas and board to ceramics, glass, photography, quilting, print making and collage.
From our Archives: Fiesta time

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Tarmo Hannula

Photo by Sam Vestal, Pajaronian archive CIRCLE UP Students at Freedom School take part in their annual fiesta on May 26, 1955. The Pajaronian, photo by Sam Vestal
Juvenile Hall remodel to include gym, garden, greenhouse

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Todd Guild

A long-unused, aging outdoor courtyard makes up the eastern portion of Santa Cruz County’s Juvenile Hall, showing its age with a weedy yard and cracked blacktop. But a group of probation officials and youth advocates who gathered there Wednesday have big plans for the space. These include a new 6,850-square-foot gymnasium, a greenhouse and a farm-to-table garden that will supply the renovated kitchen, which itself will serve as a teaching culinary classroom.
ICE agents arrest Watsonville man, family seeks answers

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Todd Guild

U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents on May 27 arrested a longtime Watsonville resident as he walked behind the Target store near the intersection of Harkins Slough Road and Ohlone Parkway. The man’s nephew Brandon Marquez confirmed the arrest, and said that ICE agents came to their residence after the arrest to inform them. They were wearing uniforms without insignias, driving an unmarked sedan and carrying large weapons, he said.
Aptos advances to finals for first time in program’s history | CCS softball championships

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Juan Reyes

Aptos was given little to no chance of making a Central Coast Section title run this year after it earned the No. 7 seed in the Division III playoffs. Now, they’ll have a shot this upcoming weekend to hush the critics and make some history all at the same time. The Mariners advanced to their first-ever section championship game in the program’s history following a decisive 9-2 win over No. 6 Sobrato in the Division III semifinals at Hollister High on Tuesday.
Photo story: Rollover snarls Capitola rush-hour traffic

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Tarmo Hannula

First-responders work to remove a vehicle rollover that occurred at 3pm on Wednesday at 41st Avenue and Clares Street. According to Capitola Police, the male driver of a Hyundai Kona was traveling north on 41st Avenue near Clares Street when the driver of a Mercedes delivery van pulled abruptly from a driveway and broadsided the Hyundai. The impact knocked the Hyundai onto its side on the center median.
Watsonville’s Nate Aguilar establishes school record in triple jump | CCS boys’ track and field

1 week ago | pajaronian.com | Juan Reyes

Watsonville senior Nate Aguilar was facing elimination going into his final attempt in the triple jump at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships on May 24 when all of a sudden he asked spectators for a slow handclap. As the claps began to speed up to a boisterous applause, he sprinted toward the sandbox and leaped like a gazelle hopping through the savannas.