Monday news for Corralitos and Freedom.
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Scotts Valley Neighborhood Newsletter for Monday, Oct. 26
Monday news for Scotts Valley.
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San Lorenzo Valley Neighborhood Newsletter for Monday, Oct. 26
Monday news for the San Lorenzo Valley.
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Morning Lookout: Weighing Watsonville Community Hospital closures; Highway 9 improvements; BCycle-UCSC friction
Santa Cruz County news and opinion headlines from Lookout for the morning of Monday, Oct. 26.
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Monday evening traffic: Flooding risk on Elkhorn/Waugh; Hwy 9 overnight closures
Monday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
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Watsonville Community Hospital board to consider closing maternity services, NICU at Wednesday meeting
Watsonville Community Hospital’s board is scheduled to decide whether to shutter the facility’s labor and delivery services and neonatal intensive care unit as the financially struggling hospital faces mounting losses. Nurses, doctors and community members are urging leaders to find alternatives, warning that closures could limit access to critical care for mothers and newborns across the region.
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UC Santa Cruz students could lose campus BCycle e-bike stations as contract talks stall
UC Santa Cruz’s five-year agreement with BCycle could end early as the e-bike rental company seeks more university funding, citing bike and docking-station damage and rising operating costs. The bikes will remain on campus through at least the end of fall quarter, but students who rely on the service could lose access to campus stations if negotiations fail.
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Carmageddon: Highway 9 sidewalk and bicycle improvements in Felton expected to wrap up in summer 2027
Residents of Santa Cruz County’s mountain communities got updates on ongoing extensive safety improvements along the Highway 9 corridor, including improved sidewalks and bicycle facilities for everyone in the area, but more specifically San Lorenzo Valley students.
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A Lookout View: Yes on Scotts Valley’s Measure G
Lookout’s editorial board supports the Scotts Valley hotel tax, Measure G. It makes sense for the city, given its looming budget deficit, and is only a modest increase for visitors.
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La junta directiva del Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville considerará el miércoles el cierre de los servicios de maternidad y de la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales
La junta directiva del Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville tiene previsto decidir si cerrará los servicios de trabajo de parto y parto, así como la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN), mientras el hospital, que atraviesa dificultades financieras, enfrenta pérdidas cada vez mayores. Enfermeras, médicos y miembros de la comunidad están instando a los directivos a encontrar alternativas y advierten que los cierres podrían limitar el acceso a atención médica esencial para madres y recién nacidos en toda la región.