Author Archives: Donna Jones
Bersamin apologizes for controversial e-mail
If you’ve ever regretted sending an e-mail, you’ve got a good idea about how Watsonville Councilman Manuel Bersamin feels about now. Bersamin probably didn’t think that the e-mail would become public. He admits to not completely thinking through the content. … Continue reading
PV teachers keep pressure on district
Pajaro Valley teachers, who have been fighting for a binding arbitration clause in their contract, show no signs of giving up the struggle. Some three dozen teachers rallied Thursday morning in front of district headquarters on Green Valley Road in … Continue reading
Playing the race card
Councilman Emilo Martinez is accusing fellow Councilman Manuel Bersamin of being racially divisive in a letter to the manager of Malo, a band scheduled to perform at the Monterey Bay Berry Fest on Aug. 1 and 2. The festival is … Continue reading
Driverless pickup collides with two buildings
WATSONVILLE — In what could only be called the freakish of accidents, a Ford pickup drove itself into two buildings on Walker Street about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday. No one was injured. The truck’s owner had parked the pickup around the … Continue reading
PVUSD ponders found money
One-time federal money could keep libraries open in Pajaro Valley elementary schools next year. The libraries fell victim to the district’s budget crisis and are slated to be shuttered. But Assistant Superintendent Ylda Nogueda laid out a plan Tuesday that … Continue reading
Watsonville payroll records go online
Nearly 100 city workers — mostly police officers, firefighters and top managers — earned more than $100,000 in 2008. But the majority of the city’s 603 employees earned less than Santa Cruz County’s 2008 median family income of $79,900. About … Continue reading
PVUSD balances budget, barely
The $167 million budget approved by the Pajaro Valley school board late Wednesday night keeps the district in the black for the coming year as long as state legislators don’t do anything unexpected to close the state’s unprecedented $24 billion … Continue reading
Fire photographer sought
Did you take this photograph of last June’s Trabing Fire? The photograph was submitted to the Sentinel last year. If you are the photographer, please contact Donna Jones at 763-4505.
City cracks down on tagging
A tiny piece of technology and a cadre of trained volunteers helped police catch 37 alleged taggers during a three-month investigation dubbed Operation T.A.G., Targeting All Graffiti. Police said Tuesday that the 37 juveniles and adults, ranging in age from … Continue reading
Petition expresses ‘no confidence’ in PVUSD board majority
Hundreds of Pajaro Valley residents have signed a petition expressing “no confidence” in five school board members, according to organizers of the signature drive. The petition says President Leslie De Rose, Vice President Libby Wilson and trustees Willie Yahiro, Doug … Continue reading
