Leslie Conner, CEO of Santa Cruz Community Health Centers, can’t wait to break ground on a new 20,000-sq. ft. clinic in Santa Cruz County that will be connected to housing and other services. It will be her 10-year anniversary at the nonprofit.
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Morning Lookout: New outbreak at Watsonville nursing home, remembering Miri and more
Note: Please ignore today’s previous email as it was sent with an outdated subject line. Sorry about that! Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, Dec. 29. It’s going to be a partly cloudy day with a high of 57. This morning, we’re learning more about the life of Miri Villalobos, the 30-year-old Watsonville library volunteer who became […]
Posted inVaccine Watch
Vaccinations begin for firefighters and skilled nursing facilities, continue at hospitals
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it will be distributed in Santa Cruz County….
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Morning Lookout: Stimulus bill signed, vaccine watch and more
The show must go on: the performing arts have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cabrillo’s Dance,…
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Youngest person to die of COVID in county was lifelong Watsonville resident, library volunteer
Who were Miri Villalobos and Santiago Tehandon? Two members of a Watsonville community that has absorbed 45% of Santa…
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California COVID forecast darkens after holiday celebrations
The news you need to know today about COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including deaths, hospitalizations, positivity rate…
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21 for ’21: Jacob Martinez and the fine art of nest-building
If you build a solid nest at home, it’s a pretty good jumping-off point for building community nests far and wide. At least that’s how it’s played out for the innovator behind DigitalNEST, the organization seeking to establish Silicon Valley equity for underserved Latinx communities across the Bay Area.
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California school districts, charter schools to get $6.8 billion, in varying amounts, of federal aid
Title I funding formula will determine big differences in federal aid. In Santa Cruz County, for instance, Pajaro Valley Unified will get nearly double per student what Santa Cruz City Schools gets.
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Months after devastation, CZU Lightning Complex fire finally declared over
Writer, biologist, and philosopher Wallace J. Nichols was living a charmed life until the pandemic took away his…
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COVID in California: A pregnancy loss, a coronavirus diagnosis and a recovery in isolation
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it will be distributed in Santa Cruz County….