Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County will host its first symposium on food insecurity to get input from community members and elected officials on ways it can support people in need.
Tania Ortiz
Tania Ortiz joins Lookout Santa Cruz as the California Local News Fellow to cover South County. Tania earned her master’s degree in journalism in December 2023 from Syracuse University, where she was a Newhouse Diversity News Fellow. In Syracuse, she covered life and culture for Syracuse.com, writing features on local artists and organizations making an impact on the community.
While studying for her master’s, Tania also reported on feminist collectives in Mexico and their efforts to support families of femicide victims as a Pulitzer Center grantee. She’s also written for other publications such as the Charleston City Paper, The South Side Stand and the Los Angeles Journal.
Originally from Oceanside, Tania is excited to be reporting in her home state after living on the East Coast for two years. She looks forward to learning more about Santa Cruz County and connecting with the community through her reporting.
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Con el aumento de la inseguridad alimentaria, Second Harvest recurre a la comunidad para encontrar soluciones
Second Harvest Food Bank del Condado de Santa Cruz organizará su primer simposio sobre inseguridad alimentaria para recibir aportes de miembros de la comunidad y funcionarios electos.
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UCSC researcher aims to fill gaps in Pajaro Valley air monitoring data, help farmworkers deal with pollution health impacts
Javier González-Rocha, an assistant professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, has been working to identify air monitoring data gaps in the Pajaro Valley to better inform farmworkers and the local community.
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Profesor de UCSC busca llenar vacíos en los datos de monitoreo del aire en el Valle de Pájaro para ayudar a trabajadores agrícolas a enfrentar posibles impactos de salud por la contaminación
Javier González-Rocha, profesor asistente de matemáticas en UC Santa Cruz, ha estado trabajando para identificar vacíos en los datos de monitoreo del aire en el Valle de Pájaro con el fin de informar mejor a los trabajadores agrícolas.
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El Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville podría recibir alivio financiero temporal gracias a una nueva legislación estatal
Tras la aprobación el jueves por la noche de un proyecto de ley estatal destinado a ayudar a hospitales con dificultades financieras, el Hospital de Watsonville podría recibir apoyo económico para afrontar sus desafíos actuales.
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Watsonville Community Hospital could receive temporary financial relief thanks to new state legislation
Following the approval late Thursday of a state bill aimed at helping financially troubled hospitals, Watsonville Community Hospital could expect some financial relief to help weather its ongoing challenges.
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Panetta to introduce new legislation aimed at ensuring battery storage systems are safer
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta is pushing new legislation that would require the federal government to conduct research on the safety of battery storage systems in order to create proper safeguards.
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Panetta presentará nueva legislación destinada a garantizar que los sistemas de almacenamiento de baterías sean más seguros
El representante federal estadounidense Jimmy Panetta está impulsando una nueva legislación que exigiría al gobierno federal realizar investigaciones sobre la seguridad de los sistemas de almacenamiento de baterías con el fin de crear protecciones adecuadas.
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Battery storage developer will seek state, not county, approval for new Watsonville plant
New Leaf Energy, the Massachusetts-based developer behind the proposed battery storage facility in Watsonville, will withdraw its application from Santa Cruz County to instead seek approval through the state.
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El desarrollador de almacenamiento de baterías buscará la aprobación estatal, no del condado, para una nueva planta en Watsonville
New Leaf Energy, la empresa con sede en Massachusetts detrás de la propuesta de una instalación de almacenamiento de baterías en Watsonville, retirará su solicitud del condado de Santa Cruz para, en su lugar, buscar aprobación a nivel estatal.
