Dientes brings nationwide residency program to Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ—Dientes Community Dental care has launched Santa Cruz County’s first dental residency program, in partnership with and sponsored by NYU Langone Hospitals, the world’s largest postdoctoral dental program to train dentists in the public health setting.
In this inaugural year, Dientes is hosting two...
Capitola community, officials ask for reductions to village hotel project
Concerns about parking, traffic, water use and changes to the village’s “character” were all at the forefront following the developer’s presentation of its conceptual designs for the repurposing of a parking lot at 120 Monterey Ave. — once the location of the Capitola Theater.
Ag work continues | About Town
On a drive along San Andreas Road, Reach Road and Riverside Drive this morning I noticed more field workers harvesting and grooming fields that I’ve seen in a while. I noticed they were wearing masks and gloves.
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An early morning fire tore through Master Car...
County’s homeless population drops to lowest numbers since count began, PIT count shows
The most recent PIT count shows that the numbers of Santa Cruz County residents experiencing homelessness dropped 20% from those of last year to the lowest number in the count’s history.
Volunteers on Jan. 30 counted 1,473 homeless people in the annual Point in Time...
Strawberry season takes hold
Field workers start in on a harvest of fresh strawberries for the California Giant label on a farm off of Lee Road.
A show of support for the immigrant community
A multitude of elected officials, workers and law enforcement officials from Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties gathered at the Government Center in Salinas Wednesday to send a message to the immigrant community and the federal government.
“Today we stand together, locally, statewide and...
City approves 5th additional charge for Mañana sewer
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday approved an additional $175,000 for the Mañana Lane Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project being completed by Bay Pacific Pipeline, Inc.
City interns complete inaugural program
Twenty local high school students graduated from the inaugural Summer in the City Internship Program on Friday.
Porter Building again up for sale
WATSONVILLE—The City of Watsonville is once again looking to fill the historic Porter Building in downtown.
City officials on Nov. 12 released a request for proposals (RFP) for the sale or long-term lease of the two-story, 15,000-square-foot building at the corner of Main and Maple...
Kindergarteners visit Watsonville’s Crystal Bay Farm
WATSONVILLE—Thick fog rolled in and blanketed Crystal Bay Farm Wednesday morning, but the fields of the farm were teeming with life.
A group of kindergarteners from Valencia Elementary School in Aptos, along with parents and teacher Karen Richmond, were visiting the organic farm just off...
County Supervisors approve draft BESS ordinance
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved forward with proposed rules aimed at regulating large-scale battery energy storage systems, which if...
