Thursday news for the Westside and downtown Santa Cruz.
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Eastside / Live Oak Neighborhood Newsletter for Thursday, Oct. 22
Thursday news for Santa Cruz’s Eastside and Live Oak.
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Watsonville / Pajaro Neighborhood Newsletter for Thursday, Oct. 22
Thursday news for Watsonville and Pajaro.
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Bonny Doon / Davenport Neighborhood Newsletter for Thursday, Oct. 22
Thursday news for Bonny Doon and Davenport.
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in California, eight other states
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states, including California, into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
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Thursday evening traffic: Highway 1 Aptos crash with injury; road closures ongoing
Thursday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
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Watsonville Community Hospital may close maternity services to avoid shutting down
Watsonville Community Hospital leadership says significant changes are needed by April 1 to keep the struggling facility open. The hospital board could decide as soon as Oct. 28 whether to pursue options that include closing labor and delivery and the neonatal intensive care unit, potentially ending services that account for nearly one-third of Santa Cruz County births.
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He helped mix Taylor Swift’s ‘Red.’ Now this Grammy-nominated sound engineer calls Aptos home
Mixing engineer Math Bishop worked on Taylor Swift’s Grammy-nominated album “Red” and has credits with bands like The Killers and Modest Mouse. After more than a decade in Los Angeles, he moved to Aptos for a slower pace, and he’s hoping to get plugged into the local music scene around Santa Cruz County.
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El Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville podría cerrar sus servicios de maternidad para evitar el cierre definitivo
Los directivos del Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville afirman que se necesitan cambios importantes antes del 1 de abril para mantener abierto el centro médico, que atraviesa dificultades financieras. La junta directiva podría decidir, tan pronto como el 28 de octubre, si considera opciones que incluyen cerrar la unidad de trabajo de parto y parto y la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN), lo que podría poner fin a servicios que atienden casi un tercio de los nacimientos del condado de Santa Cruz.