http://www.register-pajaronian.com News RSS Feed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:27 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8486 Boxes are used to store just about everything under the sun, so with the growing problem of plastic water bottles polluting our parks, ocean, beaches and communities, why isn't water being sold in boxes? The idea dawned on Watsonville resident Dean Bassi about Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:31:06 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8482 SANTA CRUZ - The Santa Cruz County Spelling Championships took place Sunday at UC Santa Cruz, drawing 201 young spellers from around the county. Arnold Levine, coordinator of the event for the past 15 years, said Gianna Fisher of Shoreline Middle School and Russell Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:54:50 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8481 Watsonville police have arrested two suspects in the Friday night shooting and stabbing at Cabrillo Lanes. Police arrested Jordan James Macias, 20, and Abraham Santoyo, 18, for attempted murder about 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hyde Street and Western Drive in Watsonville. The arrests came Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:52:36 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8480 In a list released Monday, three schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District have been classified by the California Department of Education as Persistently Lowest Achieving, a designation that requires the schools to implement one of four drastic steps. The three schools are Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:47:50 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8479 A Watsonville woman was wounded early Sunday when several shots were fired into her Holm Road home at 1:02 a.m. According to Watsonville police, the 32-year-old Hispanic woman was sitting on her bed when a bullet came through the wall or window and hit Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:47:19 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8478 Forty years ago, California Giant Berry Farms began as a small start-up company in Watsonville when two cousins, Bill Moncovich and Pat Riordan, both Watsonville High grads, formed a strawberry shipping firm. Since then, Cal Giant has grown into a $200 million international company Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:42:53 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8474 Watsonville police have arrested two suspects involved in the Friday evening shooting and stabbing at Cabrillo Lanes. Police arrested Jordan James Macias, 20, and Abraham Santoyo, 18, for attempted murder about 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hyde Street and Western Drive in Watsonville. The arrests Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:54:33 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8473 Two victims harmed during a Friday night altercation at Cabrillo Lanes were in stable condition Saturday afternoon. According to Watsonville Police Chief Manny Solano, both victims, a 7-year-old who was shot and a 20-year-old who was stabbed, are expected to live. The Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:17:24 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8472 SANTA CRUZ - Hundreds of students, faculty and workers gathered at the entrances to UC Santa Cruz Thursday morning, effectively blockading the campus and closing it down for the day. The protesters, who also amassed at universities across the country, were decrying billions in Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:31:24 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8471 A young male adult and a young male juvenile were suffering from life-threatening injuries Friday evening after an altercation at Cabrillo Lanes in Watsonville. About 9:15 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting at Cabrillo Lanes on Auto Center Drive near Main Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:31:12 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8470 PAJARO - The five volunteers removing graffiti along Brooklyn Street Friday morning admitted that taggers would likely be back to replace the scrawls. "Realistically, they probably will come back," said Manny Uriarte, a board member of Together in Pajaro, a nonprofit organization dedicated to Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:54:13 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8459 The Cat in The Hat made an appearance at Freedom Elementary School Tuesday, both in person and in spirit. It was Read Across America Day, and principal Jean Gottlob was wearing a cat suit and the iconic tall, striped top hat of the Cat Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:27:58 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8458 Ending 14 months of tense negotiations, the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers announced Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Under the agreement, teachers and management - which includes principals and administrators - will agree to 10 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:26:14 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8457 Jose Sandoval, the second suspect in the 2009 murder of 19-year-old Angel Escobedo in Watsonville's Apple Hill neighborhood, pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Finally represented by counsel, Sandoval, 26, of Salinas, entered his plea in front of Judge Heather Morse. The case against Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:25:29 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8456 A plan to open a Mexican restaurant at the former site of Catz Alley was approved by the Watsonville Planning Commission Tuesday, with much of the board concerned by a further reduction in required parking. A parking variance of five spaces is required in Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:24:25 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8455 As her colleagues are preparing for classes Friday morning, Renaissance High School teacher Jenn Laskin will be preparing for a very different kind of day. After lacing up her shoes, Laskin will embark on a 48-day journey that will take her 260 miles along Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:58:56 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8451 Watsonville firefighter Jake Cousins hoses back flames in a burning car Tuesday near Airport Boulevard. The 2005 Honda Civic caught fire on the northbound offramp at Airport Boulevard. The owner said she was driving north on Highway 1 from Monterey about 4:15 p.m. when she Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:27:48 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8443 The ripple effects of Saturday's magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile have reached Watsonville, affecting several Pajaro Valley firms and Watsonville's assistant city manager. Assistant City Manager Marcela Tavantzis returned from Chile Feb. 22 after spending a week there visiting her mother, sister and sister's family in Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:42:29 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8442 Pajaro Valley Printing has been at the corner of Freedom Boulevard and Green Valley Road for 21 years, and owner Dan Carrillo's commitment to his community has been evident since it opened. The business is a full-service printing and copying center. Carrillo is able Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:41:21 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8441 Watsonville police seized more than $20,000 worth of illegal drugs and an assault rifle during a raid Friday. According to police, an officer received a tip about a suspect selling illegal narcotics from a Las Lomas residence on Hall Road, which prompted Watsonville police Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:40:14 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8439 A little more than a year ago, Theadora Ricker nearly destroyed her car. On Friday, it looked brand-new. After a recent rear-end collision on Highway 1 crushed the front end of her 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, she was dismayed to find that the insurance money Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:22:40 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8438 The final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report on the eradication of the light brown apple moth has concluded that there is less potential for harm if the government is in charge of eradication. The report states that, because of new studies and regulations, the California Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:19:00 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8437 Friday morning was busy for Cesar Chavez Middle School counselor Angelica Flores. A student who was scheduled to come to her office to discuss emotional issues that had been affecting her schoolwork didn't show up, so Flores called the girl's teacher, who informed her Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:18:04 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8436 Proposed state legislation that would have put the creation of an open-space district in South County up to a vote has been pulled, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County announced Friday. According to a statement released to the press, State Sen. Joe Simitian Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:17:22 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8435 Locally elected officials and their representatives met in Watsonville Friday for the annual Legislative Luncheon, detailing the city's plans for the year to come and discussing what sort of legislation is needed or under way that will affect the city. California Assembly members Anna Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:16:47 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8423 Growers, researchers and others involved in the caneberry industry from all across the continent were in Watsonville Wednesday, visiting local farms to see how blackberries and raspberries are grown in the Pajaro Valley. Two busloads of visitors to the North American Raspberry and Blackberry Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:37:22 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8422 The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a list of more than 29 classified positions that could be cut. The layoffs include five administrative secretaries, two groundskeepers, four custodians, five computer technicians, as well as bus drivers, clerks and Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:35:22 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8421 Watsonville will soon have its own flag. The City Council voted to approve the design of a new flag Tuesday night. The flag, which depicts a bird flying over the Pajaro Valley, will be used in special city events. Artist Paul De Worken Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:35:00 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8420 "We're glad they're caught," said Eva Barrera, grandmother of Angel Escobedo, the Hollister teen who was murdered on a Watsonville basketball court on March 21. "It will save other people's lives if they are in jail." Barrera was one of a number of Escobedo's Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:33:43 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8419 APTOS - George Ow Jr. told an audience at Cabrillo College Wednesday that he understands racism. After he graduated from high school in 1960, anti-Asian sentiments prevalent in that era might have prevented the Chinese-American from succeeding in the business world, he said. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:32:25 -0600