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Mentors needed at Diamond Tech

Professional mentors are being sought to help guide students at Diamond Technology Institute into the world of careers and the professional standards to get them there.

Día de los Muertos exhibit returns to PV Gallery

Exhibit will feature altars and installations created by local schools, community groups and families.

Digital NEST invites tech titans to Watsonville

Thanks to a cast of workers and volunteers at Watsonville’s Digital NEST, more than 200 local high school and college students were able to get a close brush with some of the giants in the tech industry in the first-ever NEST Flight.

SC sheriff’s deputy uses Heimlich maneuver to save infant’s life

A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy is being credited with saving the life of a choking infant Tuesday after performing lifesaving measures.

Three arrested for murder

An adult and two juveniles are facing murder charges for the death of a 41-year-old man whose body was found off the roadway on upper North Rodeo Gulch on Oct. 13.

Wine and Roses gala benefits Health Trust

The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust's annual fundraiser, An Evening of Wine and Roses, is scheduled for Nov. 2 from 6–9 p.m. at the Crosetti Building at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.

Police seeking man who took upskirt photos of woman

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the community to find a man who allegedly took inappropriate photos of a woman as she shopped in a Soquel department store on Oct. 4.

Dead body investigated as suspicious

A man found dead on Saturday along North Rodeo Gulch Road has been identified as Bernardo Rodas, 41, of Santa Cruz.

PHOTO: Digital Nest opens doors to careers

Event drew about 200 youths from Monterey Bay colleges and universities.

Ground-breaking for all inclusive park

LEO's Haven, an all-inclusive park, broke ground Saturday.
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How Farmworkers Outlawed ‘El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago

For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as “El Cortito,” was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept...