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Regeneración: Pajaro Valley Climate Action hosted its “Healthy Children for a Healthy Planet” resource fair at the Nuevo Amanecer Apartments in Pajaro on Sunday.

Santa Cruz is one of four counties in the state to try out pesticide notification pilot projects. For a certain class of pesticides known as California Restricted Materials, growers must submit notices of intent to the county agricultural commissioner’s office 24 hours before application.  The...

Update (3pm, Aug. 24) South Santa Cruz County residents seeking to make donations for those impacted by the CZU August Lightning Complex fires can now drop off items at a warehouse at 114 Walker St. in Watsonville. The City of Watsonville is no longer accepting donations...

Aldo Valenzuela Roman (standing, at right), a dance instructor from Michoacán, Mexico, leads members of the youth group, Estrellas De Esperanza, which is headed up by Ruby Vasquez. Roman was helping students learn traditional Mexican dances Thursday inside the Watsonville Center for the Arts....

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — The annual Open Studios, a free self-guided tour of area art studios, opened last weekend and will run this weekend and the following. The event, in its 34th year, invites the public into more than 300 artist studios across Santa Cruz and...

The Watsonville Woman’s Club began its year of monthly meetings Sept. 6 at its long-standing Brennan Street building that opened in 1917.

A man suffered serious injuries early Wednesday when he was struck by an SUV in Soquel Village.

By Jane Sellen SALINAS—On May 27 dozens gathered at the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s office in Salinas, calling on the state and county governments to web-post advance warning of agricultural pesticide use. The event was one of several by farmworking communities across California who joined together...

Moreland Notre Dame School students and staff line up for their annual tribute to emergency responders early Monday for a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony. On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial jets and flew two of them into the World Trade Center...

These are a collection of images from our photojournalist Tarmo Hannula that did not make it into stories, but we think should be enjoyed. Do you have a photo you’d like to be considered for our gallery? Send it to [email protected].