Sunday Reads: Santa Cruz’s ‘Lost Boys’ journey; fighting for Watsonville Community Hospital; examining Tom Steyer’s record

‘The Lost Boys’: How Santa Cruz became Santa Carla

Forty years after “The Lost Boys” transformed Santa Cruz into the fictional vampire haven of Santa Carla, the cult classic still pulses through the town’s identity. Part 1 of a three-part series explores the film’s enduring lure, outsider mythology and the strange cultural magic of 1980s Santa Cruz. Read more here from Jana Marcus.

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OPINION: What will Watsonville Community Hospital’s next chapter be?

State Sen. John Laird warns that Watsonville Community Hospital is once again facing a financial crisis, with fewer than 10 days of cash on hand. Recently passed emergency legislation will provide $10.6 million in short-term relief to help the hospital stay afloat through July 1, he writes, but it is not a permanent solution. Laird argues that federal funding cuts have reversed years of financial progress and left community hospitals like Watsonville especially vulnerable. The hospital continues to seek a long-term partner to survive. Read Laird’s Community Voices op-ed here.

OPINION: Tom Steyer says the right things. His record says otherwise.

Rose K. Murphy argues that Tom Steyer’s environmental and economic rhetoric clashes with the investment record of the hedge fund he built at Farallon Capital Management. From water rights fights in Colorado to private prisons and overseas fossil fuel projects, the Watsonville resident writes that Steyer, now running for California governor, has never fully answered for the profits tied to environmental damage and corporate exploitation. Read Murphy’s Community Voices op-ed here.

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