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Vets Come Out to Support Fired County Services Officer
03/26/2025In their March 25 meeting, Santa Cruz County Supervisors were surprised to see a turnout of dozens of local veterans attending to support recently terminated Veterans Services Officer Xavier Bianchi.
From CalMatters...
03/18/2025California is the only state that doesn’t allow any tax exemptions on military retirement income. New bills aim to do that, but analysts say the financial incentive may be too small to get veterans to stay in California.
Cabrillo College has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to implement the Veterans Mental Health Demonstration Project. The two-year grant is one of 10 awarded to community colleges statewide for the project term starting …
Cold autumn rain did not dissuade a group of roughly two-dozen veterans who gathered Monday morning at Natural Bridges State Park for a 10-mile walk to Britannia Arms restaurant in Capitola.
The 34th annual Felton Remembers Parade and Covered Bridge Festival took place Saturday, beginning with a Memorial Day parade through town and ending in the Covered Bridge Park for a celebration that featured live music, food, art, games and local …
A team of volunteers took on the task to bring new life to the Veterans Memorial Building on East Beach Street in Watsonville by replacing broken windows, pressure washing the front of the building, prepping, varnishing and adding a fresh …
The Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building serves as a hub for veteran services—and much more, as Good Times writer Mat Weir reports.
Fundraising push planned for this year.
Starting Jan. 1, California law will again require drivers 70 and older to renew their license in person at a DMV office.
WATSONVILLE—The two women nominated as veterans of the year for the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 1716 and American Legion Post 121 say they chose to join the military for similar reasons: neither knew what they wanted to do when …
Veterans Hall Gets a New Event Coordinator By Michele Murphy Joel Haston is a Santa Cruz local who has spent the past 18 years traveling around the state of California promoting concerts and growing his business, “PinUp Productions.” During the …