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Dolores Huerta Raises Advocates Locally Agains Pesticide Use
05/03/2025Labor rights legend Dolores Huerta visited the Pajaro Valley on April 26 and spoke at a gathering of over 100 community members, advocating against the use of toxic pesticides.
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Interim County Health Services Agency Director Named
05/02/2025Following the abrupt resignation of Health Services Agency Director Mónica Morales on April 25, Jennifer Herrera was appointed by the county to lead the agency in the interim.
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Prominent farmworker activist and organizer Dolores Huerta joined several other speakers at a public meeting in Watsonville Saturday to raise awareness about the dangers of agricultural pesticide use on farmworkers, children, consumers and residents throughout Santa Cruz county.
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Before the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, roughly 18% of Santa Cruz County residents lacked health insurance. After it was signed into law, that number dropped to 6%.
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Think back 25 years ago to 2000: the first camera phone debuted (the J-SH04, with a ferocious 0.1-megapixel resolution); the clothing brand Hollister was introduced; the fourth book in the “Harry Potter” series, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” …
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Supporting our local economy by shopping at stores that carry locally produced goods is good for the community and the environment. And in the case of farmers markets, your health as well.
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A grassroots movement of citizens concerned about the construction of a new battery storage facility in Watsonville held a public meeting on Monday evening to discuss the dangers of such a project and rally local residents by passing around petitions …
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A recent report highlighted a need for improved conditions for people with mental health problems in Santa Cruz County lockups. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Mental health care should improve at Santa Cruz County jails, …
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Santa Cruz County supervisors in February. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo)
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Over 30,000 under-resourced adults and children in Santa Cruz County rely on affordable dental care to live full, healthy, pain-free lives.
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Proposed cuts by the Trump administration would be devastating for new mothers, children, immigrants, seniors and lower- and middle-class community members, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-19th District), who represents much of Santa Cruz County, told a packed town hall meeting Friday.
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Dr. Carmin Powell talks about threats to health care at a March 28 town hall meeting at Cabrillo College. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local)
APTOS >> Federal lawmakers have proposed $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next …
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