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A New Year, a New Direction
It seems a fit time to start the New Year at the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, celebrating the return of the sun as the days lengthen in coming months. Even better, we get to cele...
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Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel announced she will retire in June. Newel led the county through the Covid pandemic, considered to be the largest public health crisis in Santa Cruz County history.
Chef Dory Ford’s Santa Cruz County operation grows the parasitic fungus cordyceps, the focus of the hit HBO series ‘The Last of Us’
Almost one million California residents are forced to drink from contaminated water supplies, or pay for bottled water. Economic inequality makes the crisis worse. What is the state doing to fix it?
On Monday afternoon, a call came over police radio that emergency workers have become all too familiar with: a man had overdosed on Fentanyl and was unconscious. Watsonville Police found the man in an alley behind a shopping center. They …
Fentanyl overdoses continue to rise in Santa Cruz County and beyond; there’s only one silver bullet.
Life expectancy in California exceeds all but three other states, but how long you live depends on which county you live in. They're not all equal. Why? The answer may lie in political policies.
By M.C. Dwyer The Santa Cruz Association of REALTORS recently held an educational event about point-of-sale septic regulations taking effect in Santa Cruz County in July 2023. Mark Kinder of Affordable Septic, who’s installed thousands of systems, explained everything we …
WATSONVILLE—Santa Cruz County outpaces most of California’s 58 counties, placing ninth in several quality-of-life and health areas. That’s according to the annual County Health Rankings report released March 29 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to the report, 13% …
By Ronnie Trubek From the image above, can you tell where this bank was located? The Felton branch of the County First Savings Bank (established in 1870 as the Santa Cruz Bank of Savings and Loan) opened in November 1948. …
American Lung Association has released its annual State of Tobacco Control 2023 California Local Grades, and each of the five Santa Cruz County jurisdictions earned an overall grade of an A or B, ranking highly among the 482 incorporated cities …
With roughly 17 styles of dance, there’s something for everyone
An update on the $100 million allotted to California schools to provide healthier meals
The large concrete expanse is a playground for all vehicles with wheels
2022 was a year that needed a lot of explaining. And California Local was there. Here are our 10 most important explanatory journalism stories from the year gone by, from immigration to cryptocurrency to wealth inequality and more.
With a flurry of new laws ready to take effect, the Pajaronian took a look at a handful of the more notable ones, which take on several aspects of criminal justice, health services and firearms. WALKING A FINE LINE Before …
The Supreme Court is keeping in place, for now, Title 42 — the pandemic policy that OK’d migrant expulsions. California has yet to figure out how to meet the needs of an influx of migrants when it does go away.
Amoxicillin, the most widely prescribed antibiotic, is suddenly in short supply just as a wave of respiratory illnesses is sweeping California. What is causing the sudden shortage?
Santa Cruz County emergency rooms scramble to keep up with the flood of Covid, flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases
A quarter of Santa Cruz County ag is organically grown, so what’s preventing other growers from abandoning noxious chemicals?
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