Santa Cruz County Local News: Veterans


All Local Veterans News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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01/28/2022
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State Senator John Laird on Jan. 18 introduced Senate Bill 850 (SB 850), a bill to ensure families of fallen officers receive survival benefits regardless of family structure.  The impetus for the bill was founded in the deaths of law enforcement officers in the county the 17th District representative calls home. The first occurred in [...].

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12/17/2021
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Gabriel Barhell, 56, is a former Air Force medic from Tennessee who served in the first Gulf War. He came to Santa Cruz with his girlfriend, a traveling nurse. And when they broke up, he ended up living in the forest. “There was a glitch in the system, to where I had no place to [...].

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11/09/2021
An offer by the Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building to purchase two parcels currently occupied by Jaye’s Timberlane Resort has been accepted. Housing for as many as 16 pre-screened veterans and their families may be available on the property by early next year.

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11/04/2021
Canceled last year due to COVID-19, Watsonville’s Veterans Day celebration returns as an in-person event. Participants will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 11 in the parking lot of St. Patrick’s Church, 721 Main St.

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07/26/2021
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6359 is looking for relatives of Sylvester R. Chavez, an infantryman with the 1st Air Cavalry’s 7th Squadron in Vietnam. His mother was Mary Chavez of Watsonville.
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