11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (456+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation intended to speed up work on the Pajaro River flood protection project by giving the agency overseeing the work more options for awarding construction contracts. Senate Bill 1055, authored by state Sen. John Laird, expands…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (77+ words) Season 1 | Episode 5 In today’s episode, Juan Reyes and John Devine will recap Week 1 of the prep football season. Then they’ll chitchat with Monterey High football coach Alex Besaw to talk about the upcoming Battle of the Bay. And finally, the…...

17+ hour, 6+ min ago   (393+ words) MVC girls volleyball edges Scotts Valley; Cabrillo College football routed by Chabot The Watsonville High girls’ flag football team kicked off the regular season in dominant fashion following a 33-0 win over Marina High at the newly renamed Hedgpeth Stadium-Geiser Field…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (998+ words) About two dozen nurses and doctors rallied outside Watsonville Community Hospital Monday, calling on hospital administrators to reopen the neonatal intensive care unit that has been closed since July 10. The informational picket organized by the California Nurses Association focused on…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (790+ words) Monterey County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for a 38-year-old man accused of sexually abusing and impregnating his teenage daughter, who is herself wanted on suspicion of murdering the newborn baby she gave birth to earlier this month. Investigators say Sergio…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1127+ words) Pajaro Valley defeats Gunn in regular season-opener at home It wasn’t the prettiest way to win yet somehow, some way Monte Vista Christian managed to get the job done for head coach Joe Sturdivant in last week’s debut with the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (958+ words) Aptos High alumnus DeSean Gomez returns to the gridiron after frightening injury The road to recovery hasn’t been easy for DeSean Gomez after a torn ACL injury sidelined him during his senior year at Aptos High two years ago. But…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (339+ words) Driscoll’s announced Tuesday that Brie Reiter Smith has been named chief executive officer of the Watsonville-based berry company, succeeding Soren Bjorn. The company made the announcement in a press release, but stated there would be no further information released on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1011+ words) PV on track to compete in new system under first-year coach Ray Myers Pajaro Valley is heading into the 2026 fall campaign coming off its first winning season in the program’s history. They were runner-up in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (215+ words) Richard Orin Johnson was charged with manufacture or possession of an undetectable firearm, assembling a firearm without a serial number, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a silencer, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and stolen…...