Santa Cruz County Local News: Seniors

A developer received mainly negative feedback on a proposal for a four-story, 93-unit senior assisted living facility at 3720 Capitola Road.

Santa Cruz County is presenting a Master Plan for Aging survey residents can take that will help county leaders craft a plan to meet the needs of its rapidly growing senior population.

Dozens of volunteers at Grey Bears were busy around two long tables making packages to be delivered to seniors throughout Santa Cruz County.

California’s first food bank has helped residents of Santa Cruz County for more than 50 years.

Community Bridges cut the ribbon on its newly relocated Elderday, which offers a host of medical, social and nutritional services for older adults and people with disabilities.

Inflation, legal settlement puts squeeze on some tenants.

Back in 1971, when Aretha Franklin crooned, “Rock steady, baby / That's what I feel now,” she was following in the footsteps of Alton Ellis & The Flames, who sang “Better get ready / Come do rock steady, ooh / You got to do this new dance,” back on a 1967 release. On Monday, the [...]

A new volunteer group called the Brush Brigade recently started to help seniors and other residents haul away brush or cut it into wood chips.

As pandemic rules expire, safety-net gaps widen for Santa Cruz County residents receiving CalFresh and Medi-Cal benefits.