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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 COUNTYāThe 2022 State of Oral Health Needs Assessment has revealed the continued massive gap in dental care for low-income residents in Santa Cruz County. The findings are part of a 2022 study conducted by dental healthcare research firm ā¦
WATSONVILLEāWatsonville Community Hospital has been up and running under its new leadershipāthe Pajaro Valley Healthcare District (PVHD)āsince Sept. 1. It has been business as usual since then. On Monday, however, a group of state and local elected officials, along with ā¦
Note: reporter Todd Guild contributed to this report SALINASāThe pesticide Teloneāalso known as 1,3-Dāis thought to be so dangerous that it is banned in 34 countries. And yet, despite having been disallowed in California from 1990-94, it is still used ā¦
SANTA CRUZāDientes Community Dental care has launched Santa Cruz Countyās first dental residency program, in partnership with and sponsored by NYU Langone Hospitals, the worldās largest postdoctoral dental program to train dentists in the public health setting. In this inaugural ā¦
Californiaās goal of zero traffic fatalities remains distant. Here are some common causes of deaths on the road that can be fixed, but havenāt been.
Homicide rates remain high in some of California's most Republican, Trump-voting counties. Are law-and-order policies against crime a bust? Hereās why political voting patterns are a strong indicator of violent crime in states and counties.
WATSONVILLEāAfter months of fundraising during which organizers scraped together more than $65 million, Watsonville Community Hospital will become a now publicly owned entity as of midnight on Sept. 1. The Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHD) signed the paperwork on ā¦
WATSONVILLEāAs thousands of students throughout Pajaro Valley Unified School District bid farewell to their summer and prepare for a new year, educators and school employees are readying classrooms, sharpening pencils and honing their lesson plans. Such back-to-school preparations have always ā¦
ā988ā hotline starts, legislators advance money for non-police responses
WATSONVILLEāEarlier this year, Santa Cruz County was presented with the challenging task of raising $67 million to purchase and subsequently save Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH). Since the February 2022 formation of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District (PVHCD)āan organization aiming ā¦
WATSONVILLEāResidents of Watsonvilleās older adult communities can now get advanced notice when dangerous agricultural chemicals will be applied to fields near their residences. Santa Cruz is one of four counties taking part in a pilot notification program in conjunction with ā¦
California is headed for a new COVID surge as BA.5, the most contagious variant of the virus yet discovered, arrives in the state, apparently causing an uptick in hospitalizations and deaths.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that after overturning Roe v. Wade SCOTUS must now overturn decisions allowing same-sex marriage and contraception. Here's why.
Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse on Friday evening to protest the decision made hours earlier by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the nationwide right to abortion. āItās appalling that people ā¦
WATSONVILLEāThe Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project (PVHD) announced Thursday that Watsonville-based berry company Driscollās will donate $1.75 million to help save Watsonville Community Hospital.Ā Ā PVHD is currently fundraising in order to meet a July 1 deadline in order to purchase ā¦
WATSONVILLEāThe organization formed earlier this year to operate and oversee Watsonville Community Hospital is nearing its July 1 deadline to raise enough to make the purchase, but is still $16 million short. If Pajaro Valley Healthcare District (PVHD) is unable ā¦
WATSONVILLEāA group of residents from Watsonville's senior neighborhoods gathered at the Pajaro Village Club House last week to hear a presentation on pesticide use, and on an upcoming pilot project to notify residents on nearby applications. Hosted by the Center ā¦
California may soon shut down its last nuclear power plant, but Gov. Gavin Newsom who once championed the closure has had a change of heart. Federal funds may now keep the plant running.
Plus: Road, park, facilities improvements on tap
Watsonville Community Hospital is in urgent need and together we can save it! In the interest of full transparency: I am a Watsonville resident, the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley, and ā¦
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