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California Marine Sanctuary Foundation (CMSF) has advice for farmers who have accumulated huge heaps of used plastic, specifically used drip system tape and hoop house film. CMSF Water Quality Program Coordinator Jazmine Mejia-Muñoz met via Zoom with Pajaro Valley residents concerned about the massive amounts...

Caroline’s Non Profit Thrift Store opened in 2010 with a single goal: raise funds to help the nonprofit organizations that work with children with special needs and their families. Founder Christine Licker says her inspiration was her daughter Caroline, who died at 16 after receiving...

A large group of volunteers showed up to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on Aug. 9 to help bring the Paddy Smith Park back to life. Tucked between the JJ Crosetti and the Fire Arts buildings, the sprawling garden space once featured a majestic river...

  The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council held their Labor Day gathering at Romo Park in Watsonville on Sept. 2.  Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez (left) and Luis Alejo, Monterey County Supervisor (second from right) joined other county leaders and family members from Santa Cruz...

A Watsonville man arrested by Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies on Sept. 3 is suspected of using social media to contact a minor with the intent of sex. Luis Salas, 35, was charged with false imprisonment, human trafficking, kidnapping, contacting a minor with the intent...

After five months of negotiations, nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital have ratified a three-year contract that they say helps to improve patient safety and increase nurse retention. The California Nurses Association, which represents 250 nurses at the hospital, made the announcement on Dec. 9. It...

A Santa Cruz County justice program that places reconciliation over punishment has helped more than 240 people keep criminal convictions off their record since its inception in 2020, with just one case of recidivism. Now, the Santa Cruz County Neighborhood Courts program is seeking volunteers...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously appointed Undersheriff Chris Clark to take the agency’s lead role, a decision that was backed by several members of the public and the leaders of numerous agencies that addressed the board. This included both Santa...

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District has received a $2 million grant that will be used to redevelop the Watsonville Transit Center into an affordable, transit-oriented housing development. The funding will cover the architecture and engineering phase of the project, a process that will begin...