Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County will host its first symposium on food insecurity to get input from community members and elected officials on ways it can support people in need.
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Con el aumento de la inseguridad alimentaria, Second Harvest recurre a la comunidad para encontrar soluciones
Second Harvest Food Bank del Condado de Santa Cruz organizará su primer simposio sobre inseguridad alimentaria para recibir aportes de miembros de la comunidad y funcionarios electos.
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UCSC researcher aims to fill gaps in Pajaro Valley air monitoring data, help farmworkers deal with pollution health impacts
Javier González-Rocha, an assistant professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, has been working to identify air monitoring data gaps in the Pajaro Valley to better inform farmworkers and the local community.
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Profesor de UCSC busca llenar vacíos en los datos de monitoreo del aire en el Valle de Pájaro para ayudar a trabajadores agrícolas a enfrentar posibles impactos de salud por la contaminación
Javier González-Rocha, profesor asistente de matemáticas en UC Santa Cruz, ha estado trabajando para identificar vacíos en los datos de monitoreo del aire en el Valle de Pájaro con el fin de informar mejor a los trabajadores agrícolas.
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El Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville podría recibir alivio financiero temporal gracias a una nueva legislación estatal
Tras la aprobación el jueves por la noche de un proyecto de ley estatal destinado a ayudar a hospitales con dificultades financieras, el Hospital de Watsonville podría recibir apoyo económico para afrontar sus desafíos actuales.
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Watsonville Community Hospital could receive temporary financial relief thanks to new state legislation
Following the approval late Thursday of a state bill aimed at helping financially troubled hospitals, Watsonville Community Hospital could expect some financial relief to help weather its ongoing challenges.
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Panetta to introduce new legislation aimed at ensuring battery storage systems are safer
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta is pushing new legislation that would require the federal government to conduct research on the safety of battery storage systems in order to create proper safeguards.
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Panetta presentará nueva legislación destinada a garantizar que los sistemas de almacenamiento de baterías sean más seguros
El representante federal estadounidense Jimmy Panetta está impulsando una nueva legislación que exigiría al gobierno federal realizar investigaciones sobre la seguridad de los sistemas de almacenamiento de baterías con el fin de crear protecciones adecuadas.
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Battery storage developer will seek state, not county, approval for new Watsonville plant
New Leaf Energy, the Massachusetts-based developer behind the proposed battery storage facility in Watsonville, will withdraw its application from Santa Cruz County to instead seek approval through the state.
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Santa Cruz County budget to dip into reserves to weather financial challenges caused by federal funding changes
Officials plan to use nearly $43 million from Santa Cruz County’s general fund reserves and departmental trust funds to help keep safety-net services available and avoid employee layoffs. The first of several county budget hearings is scheduled for Tuesday.