Nurses, community advocate for mother-baby units
Nurses, physicians and community members came together Saturday afternoon in defense of Watsonville Community hospital’s mother-baby service lines, which include labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care, at a town hall organized by nurses.
Pajaro Valley Health Care District is considering closing the labor and...
Watsonville Hospital considers closing mother-baby services, as possible closure within one year looms
Watsonville Community Hospital is considering closing its maternity department, including labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care services, as costs continue to exceed revenue.
The hospital has about 7 to 12 days of cash on hand, and a daily cash loss of $86,000, according to...
Sutter simulation lab brings training to Santa Cruz
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz welcomed the Sutter Health mobile simulation lab back into town for its second training on Oct. 20.
In this round of training, participants responded to a patient having post-surgery arrhythmias, or change in heartbeat rhythm.
After a classroom...
County prepares for potentially historic El Niño
Santa Cruz County officials are preparing for what could be a historically strong El Niño this winter, with crews strengthening levees, clearing drainage channels and improving emergency warning systems in communities still recovering from the devastating storms of 2023.
The Santa Cruz County Board of...
UCSC finds new detection technique for toxic algal blooms
UC Santa Cruz researchers found a new technique that forecasts harmful algal blooms (HABs) up to seven weeks in advance.
This new method uses copepods, zooplankton that eat toxic algae, as a part of the measuring system.
Copepods produce a chemical called copepodamide, which the algae...
Aptos High bringing ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to life
What happens when a lovable nerd discovers a sentient, carnivorous plant that brings him the attention he craves, but in return demands blood sacrifice?
That’s the question that drives “Little Shop of Horrors,” a musical the Aptos High School drama team is presenting this week.
While...
It’s that spooky time of year
With the spookiest month of the year halfway over, a chain of Halloween events by the City of Watsonville are fast approaching.
As scores of area residents have decorated their yards with mammoth skeletons, spider webs, swarms of bats, spiders, jack-o’lanterns and ghouls, city officials...
Community meets to discuss Minto Road battery plant
About 75 people gathered at Pinto Lake City Park on Oct. 10 to voice concerns and opposition to a proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Watsonville, a facility opponents say could be as large as 10 football fields.
Organizers described the proposed facility at...
PVUSD sees gains in college readiness, attendance
Pajaro Valley Unified School District students are showing improvement in several key academic areas, including college and career readiness, science and English language arts, according to the latest data from the California School Dashboard.
The district also saw a nearly 4% decrease in chronic absenteeism,...
Santa Cruz County building evacuated after suspicious substance found
The Santa Cruz County Governmental Center on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz was evacuated Friday morning—along with the adjacent Superior Courthouse—after a suspicious white substance was reportedly mailed to U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s office.
According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and firefighters...
PVHCD Board recommends closure of Watsonville Community Hospital’s labor & delivery,...
The Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Directors on Wednesday voted to send a 120-day notice to the California Department of Public Health,...
