El director ejecutivo del Hospital Comunitario de Watsonville, Stephen Gray, afirma que el hospital está reafirmando su compromiso de atender a todos, independientemente de su estatus migratorio, en medio de las nuevas regulaciones de inmigración y otras medidas iniciadas por la administración de Trump. Según Gray, el hospital ya está tomando medidas —algunas de las cuales enumera aquí— para limitar las interrupciones en la atención y está capacitando al personal sobre cómo manejar visitas de funcionarios de inmigración.
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Letter to the editor: Kim De Serpa is the hardest-working person I know
In a letter to the editor, an Aptos resident voices his support for District 2 Santa Cruz County supervisor candidate Kim De Serpa.
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Letter to the editor: Monica Martinez has the skills to serve District 5 residents
In a letter to the editor, a Felton resident outlines her support for District 5 Santa Cruz County supervisor candidate Monica Martinez.
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Saying goodbye to my beloved dog Zeus seems impossible – how do I do it?
Lookout Community Voices editor and UC Santa Cruz professor Jody K. Biehl lost her beloved dog Zeus three weeks ago. She remembers him here and wonders how to navigate her life without him. She also laments the long wait times and high cost of emergency pet care in Santa Cruz County.
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How my Brazilian friend’s skimboarding dreams came true in Santa Cruz
For Brazilian skimboarder Leo Freitas, riding waves in Santa Cruz was a dream come true. On July 20, he joined 22 of the world’s best skimboarders on Seabright Beach to compete in the Tac Skimblast, skimboarding’s main international professional tour. Santa Cruz native Evan Quarnstrom, who befriended Freitas during his year traveling and surfing abroad and served as a judge in the competition, writes about the lasting impact Santa Cruz has had on Freitas and the way Freitas touched Santa Cruz surf culture with his infectious energy.
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The Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision is a setback for the unhoused in Santa Cruz County
The Supreme Court conservative majority recently rolled back decades of progressive social policy in its June 28 Grants Pass decision, writes community organizer Joy Schendledecker. The decision, she writes, allows police to displace people more broadly, ignores national and international “evolving standards of decency” and opens the door to more punitive, criminalizing policies against people without housing. Here, she outlines her fears for how it will affect Santa Cruz County.
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My homeowner’s insurance saga in eight sentences: A true story
Santa Cruz Mountains resident Daniel DeLong thought his family had managed to dodge California’s homeowner’s insurance crisis. Then State Farm announced massive non-renewals. Here’s his honest account of what happened next, recognizing that his brain might have blocked out certain portions in order to maintain sanity.
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As tensions mount, I fear for Taiwan. Would an invasion by China outrage my fellow UCSC students the way events in Gaza have?
Lucas Huang, a rising third-year student at UC Santa Cruz, worries about his homeland, Taiwan, and the threat that China will invade. He thinks a war would be senseless and that his friends and family would be in danger in the near future. He wonders if his fellow students would care as much about Taiwan as they do about Gaza.
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The cult of all-or-nothing activism made UCSC campus arrests inevitable
Violence and arrests at the UC Santa Cruz Gaza protest was inevitable, writes Colm Fitzgerald, a 2023 graduate who served as chair of the Undergraduate Student Assembly from 2021-2022. That’s because UCSC students don’t believe – and are not being taught – that listening to arguments they disagree with is necessary, he says. The students believe compromise shows weakness. This, he says, is a dangerous trend for academia and democracy.
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Low-impact camping is actually high risk for wildfires
Low-impact camping has potentially high-impact results, writes Bonny Doon resident Ted Benhari, who, along with a band of neighbors, last week helped convince the county board of supervisors to put a low-impact camping ordinance on hold for more study. Here, he explains why low-impact camping is potentially dangerous business.