County moves to oppose all sexual predator placements
After a significant portion of the Bonny Doon community mobilized to try to keep a man who raped a 21-year-old woman in the 1980s from moving to town, Santa Cruz County is now seeking changes to California law, so it can have additional tools...
RTC publicly discusses railbanking Santa Cruz Branch
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) on Thursday discussed the future of the county’s rail line, and possibly setting it aside for future use while first focusing on building a bicycle and pedestrian path.
In a report to the commission, RTC...
Aptos High graduates map out future | Grads 2021
APTOS—Cynthia Jimenez-Gutierrez says she found inspiration to become a financial planner by helping her immigrant parents with their fiscal issues.
After her education, she hopes to make a life in her community helping other immigrant families.
“I like to work with money,” she said. “I thought,...
PHOTO: Second Harvest kicks off holiday food drive
Jess Brown and Martina O'Sullivan take the stage at the "Be a Hunger Hero" kickoff event for Second Harvest Food Bank's Holiday Food & Fund Drive 2017.
Land Trust conserves 178-acre farmland
WATSONVILLE—The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County recently announced that it secured a conservation easement for the 178-acre Tynan Ranch, located one-half mile from the current urban growth line of the City of Watsonville off of Lakeview Road.
Tynan Ranch has been in production for...
PHOTO: Mount Madonna School Class of 2023
Mount Madonna School announced Cecily Kelly, Mariah Cohen and Samuel Kaplan as the 2023 co-valedictorians and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as salutatorian.
Mount Madonna School's 2023 high school graduation ceremony will be held at the school’s upper campus on June 15 at 10:30am.
“The graduating class is comprised of academically strong and creative students,” said Head...
Friend announces he won’t seek reelection
Santa Cruz Supervisor and current Board Chair Zach Friend announced Friday that he will not seek a fourth term on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.
Friend was first elected in 2012, and was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2016 and 2020. His current term ends...
Deadline for Watsonville Rotary grants fast approaching
The Watsonville Rotary Club Foundation is still fielding grants from organizations serving young people in Watsonville.
The deadline for grant applications is Jan. 31.
Applicants must be a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit, a tax-exempt organization or a school-based program in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, or...
Steaming Artichokes
Lately, I see artichokes growing all along the coast in farms from the Pajaro Valley to Marina.
I think they’re an unusual food. One way...
