Nurses expect to demonstrate outside Watsonville Community Hospital at 2 p.m. Wednesday due to the possibility the hospital could apply for a waiver that allows more patients to nurses than currently allowed.
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21 for ’21: Meet the heroic banker who moonlighted as a search-and-rescue warrior
Santa Cruz County Bank’s Creedence Shaw helped lead a team to keep the local economy from cratering. Then he donned search-and-rescue gear to help hundreds out of harm’s way during last summer’s fires.
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County ICU bed capacity shrinks, but hospitals are ready to deploy surge beds
Santa Cruz County has just a handful of available ICU beds remaining. Local hospitals are planning to expand their capacity, but it won’t be easy.
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Santa Cruz County homeless deaths hit all-time high in 2020
The number of deaths in the county also went up by about 13% compared to last year, but homeless people died at more than five times the rate of the rest of the county population.
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ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric in California
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Vaccine watch: Santa Cruz County’s first batches to be administered on Thursday
COVID-19 vaccinations will begin with emergency health care workers Thursday morning, followed by other health care personnel. Nursing homes will be served by a separate federal pharmacy program.
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1,590 COVID-19 vaccine doses headed to Santa Cruz County. How will they get distributed?
Drive-thru vaccinations? That’s entirely possible under the county’s vaccine distribution plan.
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Here’s how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks
The vaccine requires two shots administered 21 days apart to reach 95% effectiveness. By year’s end, California expects to have given the first dose of the vaccine to 2.16 million people — health care workers, as well as residents of long-term care facilities.
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UCSC researchers develop faster way to detect COVID-19 antibodies — without sacrificing accuracy
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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21 for ’21: Ruby Vasquez pays homage to — and fights for — Pajaro Valley’s essential workers
Educator Ruby Vasquez and her friends regularly visit the agricultural workers of the Pajaro Valley with a message of gratitude and information on how to stay safe. Those community connections will continue to be essential in the new year, she says.