Santa Cruz County Seniors Articles

Participants saddle up to the third annual Senior Speed Dating event at Grey Bears in Live Oak on Thursday. (Grace Stetson — Santa Cruz Local)
LIVE OAK >> Amanda, a 58-year old divorcée, tried dating apps like Bumble and Match, …

Community Bridges recently announced the promotion of Dana Wagner, who has been selected as senior program director for Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County, marking a full-circle moment in her distinguished career in nutrition and community service.

Santa Cruz County supervisors on Nov. 19 are expected to consider money for nonprofit groups. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
SANTA CRUZ >> Some nonprofit programs that have long relied on grants from the county and the city …

Santa Cruz County’s economy saw a rebound in the last few years, but an aging workforce and the lack of high-paying jobs might spell trouble for the economy in coming years. These are some of the findings highlighted in the …

Last Friday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Scotts Valley Senior Center for Damians Ladder, a nonprofit organization that’s already been making an impact in the lives of seniors in Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley for months.

A four-story, 93-unit assisted living facility is proposed at Capitola Road and Bulb Avenue in Capitola. (Irwin Partners Architects)
CAPITOLA >> At a Capitola City Council meeting Thursday, a developer received mainly negative feedback on a proposal for a four-story, …

For the food-insecure community in Santa Cruz County, Second Harvest Food Bank feeds the need.

Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County CEO Erica Padilla-Chavez looks at food insecurity as a symptom of an underlying disorder—one that can be cured.

After more than a year of construction, Community Bridges cut the ribbon on its newly relocated Elderday Adult Day Health Care center, which offers a host of medical, social and nutritional services for older adults and people with disabilities. The …

Inflation, legal settlement puts squeeze on some tenants.

Back in 1971, when Aretha Franklin crooned, “Rock steady, baby / That's what I feel now,” she was following in the footsteps of Alton Ellis & The Flames, who sang “Better get ready / Come do rock steady, ooh / …

A new volunteer group called the Brush Brigade recently started to help seniors and other residents haul away brush or cut it into wood chips.

As pandemic rules expire, safety-net gaps widen.

LIVE OAK—The Live Oak School District (LOSD) Board of Trustees on Wednesday tabled a decision of whether to enforce an eviction notice to the senior programs using their building in Live Oak. Meals on Wheels—overseen by Community Bridges—and Senior Network …

School district committee to tackle dispute.

By Julie Horner The Highlands Park Senior Center has served as a hub for San Lorenzo Valley residents for more than 40 years. It was built for and dedicated to the nonprofit Senior Citizens Organization of San Lorenzo Valley in …

Starting Jan. 1, California law will again require drivers 70 and older to renew their license in person at a DMV office.

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