It's a global phenomenon! Will we see you today in Watsonville for #nokings? 12-2 PM at the Plaza downtown. Music, dancers, inspiring speakers, and SO. MANY. AWESOME. SIGNS. #watsonville #pajarovalley #nokingspajarovalley

Pajaro Valley school board approves cutting 160 full-time positions. Read the full article on Monterey County Now.

Pajaro Valley school board approves cutting 160 full-time positions. #pajarovalley #schoolcuts #budgetcrisis #education #layoffs

Declining enrollment hurts a school district’s bottom line, playing a role in a plan for mass layoffs. Read the full article on Monterey County Now.

Declining enrollment hurts a school district’s bottom line, playing a role in a plan for mass layoffs. #schoollayoffs #decliningenrollment #schoolbudgetcuts #pajarovalley #educationfunding #mentalhealth #specialeducation

PV4ESJ: "We are calling on our communities near and far to stand in solidarity with the #PajaroValley community and the brave hunger strikers led by Omar Dieguez and CORA. Pledge to #BoycottDriscolls berries until they stop spraying harmful and cancer-causing pesticides near our schools and homes!"

About 50 people gather in front of Driscoll’s headquarters on Westridge Drive in Watsonville to protest pesticide use in area agricultural fields. (Photo by Tarmo Hannula / The Pajaronian)

“For too long, you have poisoned our community w/ toxic pesticides that harm our farmworkers, our immigrant & Indigenous families, our youth, and all of #PajaroValley. You are contaminating our water, our land, our oceans, & the very air we breathe.” #BoycottDriscolls
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Illustration of three ripe harvested strawberries in front of green strawberry leaves. Below the berries, it says in all capital letters, "Si Se Puede. No Más Pesticides. Go Organic."

Today, 4pm, Watsonville, CA: Community Leaders to Launch Hunger Strike in Front of #Driscoll’s

Strike to call on corporate leaders to stop toxic #pesticides & go organic near schools & homes in #Watsonville & #PajaroValley.

🚫🍓 #BoycottDriscolls

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Community Leaders to Launch Hunger Strike in Front of Driscoll’s : Indybay Sidewalk at 345 Westridge Drive, Watsonville

#BoycottDriscolls 🚫🍓 Today, 4pm, Watsonville activist Omar Dieguez and community leaders will hold a press conference and rally announcing a 30-day hunger strike, protesting the use of toxic #pesticides near homes and schools in #Watsonville and the #PajaroValley.
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US EPA PM2.5 Air Quality Standards Interactive Map by PurpleAir Watch: With two minute updates, The US EPA PM2.5 Air Quality Index (AQI) is a number used by US government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is...

Just installed 5 new PurpleAir sensors across Pajaro!

Now we’ve got real-time air quality data to help protect our families and farmworkers—especially during wildfire season. 💚

Check it out here: map.purpleair.com/1/mAQI/a10/p...

Grateful to build this with our community.

#Pajaro #PajaroValley

BNSF 7172 rolls southbound with the Coast Starlight this morning. The Amtrak chargers are becoming more unreliable, thus making some interesting last minute consists.
#canon7dmarki #bnsf #amtrak #burlingtonnorthernsantafe #coaststarlight #watsonville #pajarovalley #railroad