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Special events
Portrait Painting (Dec. 28)
Paint along with Toaa Dallo at Palace Art, 1501 41st Ave., and create your own version of this fabulous portrait of the celebrated French painter Berthe Morisot, by the great Impressionist Edouard Manet. This is a must-attend event for anyone who...
Rise Together unites county leaders to alter outcomes
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—At the apex of last year’s crisis points—the pandemic, George Floyd’s murder and the greater countrywide calls for social justice—several Santa Cruz County leaders were brought together to try to change the system from within.
The group consists of people across the gender...
New law protects children in custody cases
Nearly one year ago, court-ordered strangers took a teenage girl and her younger brother from their relative’s home in Santa Cruz and brought them to Los Angeles, where they were forced into a controversial family therapy program with their mother.
They were then taken to...
PHOTO: Wild land fire breaks out in Aptos
Smoke rises up from a wild land fire Monday in Aptos along Cox Road.
Watsonville City Council Cuts Vacant Positions in New Budget
The 2025-26 fiscal budget which cuts several positions, reduces operational fees and implements a five-year capital improvement plan.
County sues pharmaceutical companies
The County of Santa Cruz has filed a complaint against several pharmaceutical corporations, alleging that they are complicit in fueling the national opioid crisis.
Looking for a stable location: Pregnant Mare Rescue moves horses
Pregnant Mare Rescue on Larkin Valley Road is looking for a new location, a problem compounded by the high cost of land in California.
Local author writes about Irish immigrant family in first book
When Santa Cruz author Jean Mahoney was a little girl, she discovered an old, battered scrapbook in her family’s home.
PVUSD eases some graduation requirements
WATSONVILLE—The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to ease graduation requirements for high school students whose academic record has been damaged by the distance-learning requirements of Covid-19 restrictions.
Under the plan, students at risk of failing a...
What Makes Watsonville Community Hospital—and America—Great
Thirty-three years ago, while my family was preparing for a birthday party, I decided to arrive early. My mother was shopping for a cake...
