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Developer cancels 97-unit townhouse project on Meder St. in Santa Cruz

By Nik Altenberg|2025-09-23T13:37:43-07:00September 23, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, construction, Featured, housing, KB Homes South Bay Inc|

Reasons for scrapped project remain unclear

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Monday community meeting on Frederick St. townhomes

By Nik Altenberg|2025-09-22T16:06:55-07:00September 22, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Nik Altenberg, townhomes|

23 townhomes proposed near Arana Gulch in Santa Cruz

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Watsonville Hospital seeks to add Mixtec doulas, but challenges remain

By Nik Altenberg|2026-05-11T12:08:43-07:00September 19, 2025|Tags: City of Watsonville, doula, Featured, Maria Ramos Bracamontes, Nik Altenberg, pregnant, Watsonville Community Hospital|

Doulas could bridge language barriers in care

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Watsonville hunger striker breaks fast after hospitalization

By Nik Altenberg|2026-05-11T12:08:48-07:00September 18, 2025|Tags: City of Watsonville, Driscoll’s, Featured, Nik Altenberg, Omar Dieguez, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, pesticides, providence martinez alaniz|

Pajaro Valley schools bar hunger strikers from campus visits

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Day 11 pesticides hunger strike: fatigue, lack of concentration setting in

By Nik Altenberg|2025-09-12T14:54:48-07:00September 12, 2025|Tags: City of Watsonville, Driscoll’s, Featured, Nik Altenberg, Omar Dieguez, Pajaro Valley, pesticides, providence martinez alaniz|

Watsonville activists to go without food for 30 days

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162 below-market-rate homes on tap in Scotts Valley

By Nik Altenberg|2025-08-26T15:38:15-07:00August 26, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, City of Scotts Valley, CRP Affordable Housing and Community Development, Derek Timm, Featured, housing, Jenny Panetta, Mali LaGoe, Nik Altenberg, Workbench|

Residency expected by 2028

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Watsonville activist plans 30-day hunger strike against pesticides

By Nik Altenberg|2025-08-22T18:14:07-07:00August 22, 2025|Tags: Agriculture, Barrios Unidos, Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, farmworkers, Featured, Nik Altenberg, Omar Dieguez, pesticides|

Activists to rally against pesticides at Sunday event at Barrios Unidos

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Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood clinic closure leaves residents scrambling

By Nik Altenberg and Amaya Edwards|2025-08-08T17:30:14-07:00August 8, 2025|Tags: Amaya Edwards, Donald Trump, Featured, health, health care, Medi-Cal, Nik Altenberg, Planned Parenthood|

Plus: Where to find care

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Santa Cruz County public defender wants more immigration lawyers

By Nik Altenberg|2025-07-31T15:48:21-07:00July 31, 2025|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, Featured, federal government, Heather Rogers, ICE, immigration, Nik Altenberg, Santa Cruz County Public Defender, Trump|

County budget remains barrier

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Santa Cruz County syringe exchange adopts needs-based, mobile approach

By Nik Altenberg|2025-07-23T14:38:19-07:00July 22, 2025|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, Featured, harm reduction, Health Services Agency, Nik Altenberg|

Fewer discarded needles help prompt policy change

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How pesticides endanger pregnant farmworkers in Pajaro Valley

By Nik Altenberg|2025-07-14T12:50:04-07:00July 8, 2025|Tags: Agriculture, Ann Lopez, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, City of Watsonville, Dave Sanford, environment, Ernestina Solorio, Featured, health, Katie Gabriel-Cox, Nik Altenberg, Pajaro Valley, pesticides, Rocio Ortiz|

Residents speak out about health harms, lax regulations

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Photos: Anti-Trump protest draws more than 10,000 in Santa Cruz

By Nik Altenberg|2025-06-14T18:41:15-07:00June 14, 2025|Tags: Boulder Creek, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, demonstrations, Donald Trump, Featured, federal government, immigration, military, Nik Altenberg, protests|

Hundreds gather at Watsonville 'No Kings' rally