Santa Cruz County Local News: Seniors

The Live Oak School District Board of Trustees has put off enforcing an eviction notice to the senior programs using their building.

A 30-unit complex is expected to displace the Live Oak Senior Center, but a new committee will consider whether the center could become part of the new project.

The Highlands Park Senior Center has served as a hub for San Lorenzo Valley residents for more than 40 years.

Seven months after Live Oak School District’s eviction notice, the Santa Cruz County nonprofit is granted a half-year reprieve.

Affordable unit requirement scaled back.

Nine months after he moved into the Brookdale Senior Living long-term care facility, Kermit Sveen was hit with a 17.6% rent increase.

COVID-related relief runs out.

The end of the month seemed to approach faster than usual for Shirli McLaughlin. The 76-year-old Felton resident, a longtime Ben Lomond shopkeeper, was told her current rental was being sold.

LIVE OAK—Meals on Wheels (MOW) is looking for a new home after being served an eviction notice by Live Oak School District, which has been leasing its location to the organization for more than four decades. The district has told the organization that the aging space poses several safety concerns, and that it is looking [...]

After 12 years at the helm of Grey Bears, executive director Tim Brattan will be retiring from his position by the end of 2022.

The curtain parts and a crescendo of applause fades to an expectant hush as the orchestra strikes its first strains. The actor’s heart leaps to the limelight.

WATSONVILLE—In a brief ceremony in Community Bridges’ sunny outdoor atrium Friday, the organization held a groundbreaking ceremony for what will eventually be Elderday’s new, expanded adult day health care center. When complete, the center at 521 Main St. will provide services for Santa Cruz County’s older adults regardless of income level or immigration status, the [...]

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—In early November 2021, Meals on Wheels’ (MOW) congregate meal sites reopened to older adults across Santa Cruz County for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Staff and volunteers from MOW, a program of umbrella organization Community Bridges, combined their efforts to restart the program, while following the latest Covid-19 [...]

WATSONVILLE—After operating for years in Santa Cruz, Elderday Adult Day Health Care will soon relocate to Watsonville. The move comes thanks to a $2.5 million grant from Central California Alliance for Health, which Elderday will use to purchase and modernize the space at 521 Main St. Elderday, a program of Community Bridges, currently provides care [...]