Nicole M. Young, Jan. 4: Positive Parenting Awareness Month — A time to renew, refresh and recharge
This January, Santa Cruz County is celebrating Positive Parenting Awareness Month for the seventh year in a row, and several other counties in California are joining in — Inyo, Napa, Mendocino, Sonoma and possibly more.
Sarah Ringler, Dec. 28: Top down educational reforms endanger public schools
Evidence shows that teachers are stressed. A 2017 survey in British Columbia found that two-thirds of teachers felt “stressed and emotionally exhausted all, or most of the time.”
Agriculture Tech degree launches at Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College has announced the launch of a new Associate of Science degree in Sustainable Agriculture Technology.
Agri-Culture now accepting applications for Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
$4,000 award is for a student entering or currently attending college and majoring in agriculture.
2019 EcoFarm Bus Tour to visit Pajaro Valley farms
The 39th Annual EcoFarm Conference will host its annual farm tour on Jan. 23.
Damaris Arciga, Dec. 21: How an ATM stole my Christmas
On Nov. 23, I went to my local Watsonville Chase Bank to deposit $2,000.
Man arrested for agriculture-related crimes
A Prunedale man was arrested Nov. 26 on suspicion of a lengthy list of agriculture-related crimes including theft of a tractor.
On Oct. 22, deputies...















