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Labor leader Dolores Huerta calls for end to pesticides in Pajaro Valley

By Nik Altenberg|2025-05-07T06:30:44-07:00May 7, 2025|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, Dolores Huerta, Driscoll’s, environment, Featured, health, Nik Altenberg, pesticides|

Farmworkers detail cancer, other health harms

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New pesticide alerts draw praise, criticism in Pajaro Valley

By Nik Altenberg|2025-04-07T18:21:35-07:00March 28, 2025|Tags: City of Watsonville, Featured, health, Katie Bolin, Mary Gaukel Forster, Nik Altenberg, Pajaro Valley, pesticides, Rocio Ortiz, Yanely Martinez|

Teachers, students describe health problems

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Watsonville residents push for stricter pesticide rules

By Nik Altenberg|2025-01-13T17:53:55-08:00January 14, 2025|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, Featured, health, Nik Altenberg, Pajaro Valley, pesticides, Safe Ag Safe Schools, Salinas, Yanely Martinez|

Health problems described at state hearings this month

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Passenger rail choices, a pesticide protest and city budget updates

By Jesse Kathan, Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T16:56:47-07:00June 3, 2024|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, MacQuiddy Elementary School, Ocean Street, pesticides, rail trail, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, wildfire|

Plus: Ocean Street housing proposal grows

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Pesticide use near schools detailed in Santa Cruz County

By Jean Yi|2025-05-15T10:39:16-07:00April 26, 2024|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, education, environment, explainer, farming, farmworkers, Featured, health, pesticide, pesticides, South County|

Potentially harmful chemicals applied hundreds of times

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Students protest pesticide proposal in Watsonville

By Andrea Tamayo|2023-11-03T16:06:00-07:00November 1, 2023|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, environment, farming, farmworkers, health, pesticides, South County|

Regulators seek input on five year plan

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Pesticide use near schools prompts calls for more transparency in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-15T10:39:59-07:00January 28, 2022|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, education, environment, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, pesticides, Watsonville City Council|

Delay in state alert system risks children’s health, advocates say

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Watsonville police chief discusses Saturday’s fatal shootings

By Matthew Renda|2021-03-11T10:49:45-08:00October 28, 2020|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, David Honda, Felipe Hernandez, pesticides, Porter Building, Rebecca Garcia, Trina Coffman-Gomez, Watsonville City Council, Watsonville Police Department|

Some residents worry about resurgence of violence