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Changes possible for Bay View Hotel, other properties

The iconic Bay View Hotel in Aptos is one of several properties being considered for conversion to long-term rental units.

About Town, Week of Feb. 18

Observations from around the Pajaro Valley.

Off-road engine added to fire department’s fleet

The Watsonville Fire Department recently purchased an off-road fire engine, and at a drastically reduced price.

A Presidents’ Day protest: Rally held to counter Trump’s emergency declaration

More than 100 people celebrated Presidents’ Day Monday by staging a protest against the current one, and his decision to declare a national emergency over immigration issues.

Linking students through their good deeds

The students at Mintie White Elementary School spent the past two weeks performing acts of kindness for their friends and family. They then wrote each of these acts upon a strip of paper, which became the link in a chain in their classrooms.

Nearly 50 children receive free dental care

Dientes Community Dental Care celebrated Give Kids A Smile Day on Feb. 9 by partnering with six volunteer hygienists from the Monterey Bay Dental Hygienists’ Association to provide 48 uninsured children with free dental care.

Community briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Community briefs, Feb. 15, 2019

Art, stitch by stitch: PV Quilt Show returns to fairgrounds

The annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Show returns to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Feb. 23 and 24, showcasing more than 300 quilts as well as clothing, purses, dolls, pincushions and more.

Next class for Focus Agriculture selected

Twenty community leaders have been selected for Class 30 of the Focus Agriculture program.

County launches intervention team

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a report on a new program created to help some of the county’s most recalcitrant criminals.
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Santa Cruz County celebrates with parades

Thousands of people attended Fourth of July parades in Watsonville and Aptos Friday, lining sidewalks aliog main streets to see hundreds of participants. Below...