A 5 MILE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 129 HAS BEEN “NAMED” THE OHLONE KALLENTARUK HIGHWAY. THAT’S IN RECOGNITION AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAJARO VALLEY’S FIRST PEOPLE, AND WHAT THEY CALLED THE WATSONVILLE AREA. A CEREMONY, MARKING THE NEW NAME OF THE ROADWAY BETWEEN BLACKBURN STREET AND MURPHY CROSSING, WAS HELD YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).
LOCAL Assemblyman Luis Alejo spearheaded the naming project (as a way to pay tribute to the Ohlone people who lived here in the past, and whose descendents STILL LIVE in thIS area).
