Due to ongoing staffing issues in its labor and delivery unit, Watsonville Community Hospital temporarily closed its neonatal intensive care unit last month. Interim CEO Tim Moran told Lookout that a reopening is still weeks away as hospital leadership works to recruit more nurses.
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Watsonville Community Hospital cerró su unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales el mes pasado debido a falta de enfermeras
Debido a problemas persistentes de personal en su unidad de trabajo de parto y parto, el Watsonville Community Hospital cerró temporalmente su unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN) el mes pasado. El director ejecutivo interino, Tim Moran, dijo a Lookout que todavía faltan varias semanas para su reapertura, mientras la dirección del hospital trabaja para contratar a más enfermeros.
Forest fires follow roads. The Trump administration wants to build more
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is rolling back a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests, including more than 4 million acres of federally managed forest lands in California.
Lookout PM: Stockwell Cellars closing Westside tasting room, a review of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,’ and an op-ed on local development
Welcome to Tuesday night’s Lookout PM.
Opening statements set to begin in Meta’s federal trial over child safety
Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a federal court in Oakland, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children.
Morning Lookout: Stockwell Cellars’ tasting room closure; a laugh-out-loud ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’; opinion on Santa Cruz development and gaps in the legal system
Santa Cruz County news and opinion headlines from Lookout for the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Tuesday evening traffic: One-way traffic, lane closures on Hwy 9 in SLV
Tuesday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
Why Stockwell Cellars is closing its Westside Santa Cruz tasting room
Stockwell Cellars will close its Westside Santa Cruz tasting room Sept. 1 after a decade, as owners Eric Stockwell and Suzanne Zeber-Stockwell shift the business toward wine distribution and a smaller wine club-focused model. The move comes as the couple says the traditional tasting-room model has become less viable amid a broader downturn in wine consumption, rising costs and changes in how people spend their time and money.
Existential crisis has never been this funny: SH Theatrical takes on Stoppard
New Santa Cruz company SH Theatrical makes an impressive debut with Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” a smart, well-acted and laugh-out-loud production led by Zed Warner, Chris Salem and Ward Willats.
Lookout PM: UCSC student killed in West Cliff Drive crash identified, lifeguard and rescued boy visit White House, SC City Council greenlights effort to expand tree count
Welcome to Monday night’s Lookout PM.

