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Encompass Community Services celebrated the full opening of Sí Se Puede Behavioral Health Center on Oct. 19, which will offer expanded residential treatment, withdrawal management services and outpatient care all on the same campus. The health center offers both residential treatment and outpatient services for...

Hundreds of people showed up for the annual Candy Crawl in downtown Watsonville Oct. 24. Put on by the Department of Parks and Community Services, over 40 businesses and other organizations opened their doors to offer Halloween treats.(Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

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, warning the agency that Watsonville Community Hospital’s labor & delivery and neonatal intensive care units will close unless its financial...

Dolores Huerta, whose name and face became synonymous with agricultures workers’ nationwide struggles for fair treatment, who co-founded United Farmworkers (UFW) union with Cesar Chavez and who kept tirelessly advocating for laborers well into her ninth decade, died Wednesday at her home in Bakersfield....

Watsonville Community Hospital reported there was no confirmed ICE presence on the hospital campus, despite a reported sighting of suspicious-looking vehicles earlier in the day, according to Tony Nuñez, board chair of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District.  Volunteers from Your Allied Rapid Response for...

A large photo display was part of the 120th anniversary celebration of the Watsonville Buddhist Temple Saturday. Speakers, a proclamation from the City of Watsonville and another from Santa Cruz County, historical displays and more filled out the event.

Dancers from various groups perform at a Day of the Dead, or Dios De Muertos, celebration Saturday in Romo Park Saturday. The free event, put on by Kalpulli Ehecacoatl Danza Y Cultura, drew hundreds of people to downtown Watsonville to view the ceremony and...

Federal immigration agents arrived at the Santa Cruz Main Jail Saturday morning in an attempt to take a person into custody but left without detaining anyone, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said. During the incident, community members, including volunteers from Your Allied Rapid Response...

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...