Opinion

Saving a hospital takes more than purchasing its buildings; it takes protecting the care people depend on inside them.  As Watsonville Community Hospital considers permanently closing maternity and newborn services, the community that invested so much in its survival deserves to see the alternatives before...

What does a safe and healthy Santa Cruz County look like? It looks like a child who feels safe walking to school. A survivor who knows where to turn for help. A family that can get support before a crisis becomes a call to 911.  And...

Many of us were legitimately confused on Jan. 22, 2017 when Kellyanne Conway uttered the phrase “alternate facts.”  President Donald Trump’s Senior Counselor during his first term of office dutifully defended Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s factually inaccurate statement that Trump’s inaugural had drawn the “largest...

Watsonville Community Hospital is in one of the most consequential periods since returning to public ownership. Today, the hospital is operating with roughly eight days of cash on hand. Before supplemental government payments, daily expenses exceed the cash coming in by approximately $85,000.  Those supplemental payments...

The Pajaronian recently published articles about potential closures of some services at Watsonville Community Hospital. I have a different view of our hospital’s situation that I would like to share. When WCH was purchased out of bankruptcy, it had less than 10 days’ cash. Most...