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Santa Cruz reaches housing goals while county, other cities fail

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:57:09-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Kate Herlihy, Rafa Sonnenfeld, RHNA, Santa Cruz County, Suzanne Ise, Suzi Merriam|

Capitola, Scotts Valley make least progress on affordable homes

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May 20 meeting on Ocean Street housing proposal in Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan, Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T16:57:34-07:00May 19, 2024|Tags: City of Watsonville, Featured, Food Bin, housing, Human Services Department, Mission Street, Ocean Street|

Plus: Food Bin housing proposal returns to Santa Cruz City Council May 28

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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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Rail-trail money threatened after Santa Cruz County supervisors vote

By Jesse Kathan|2026-03-30T14:19:12-07:00March 29, 2024|Tags: Aptos, Bruce McPherson, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Featured, Felipe Hernandez, Jason Hoppin, Jesse Kathan, Justin Cummings, La Selva Beach, Manu Koenig, rail trail, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, transportation, Zach Friend|

Supervisors delay $68 million for Live Oak, Capitola, Aptos segments

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Rising homelessness in Watsonville prompts new strategies

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:01:24-07:00March 26, 2024|Tags: Casey Clark, City of Watsonville, Featured, homelessness, housing, Jesse Kathan, Jimmy Dutra, Robert Ratner|

Union Street shelter set to close March 30

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Rental e-bikes expected in Live Oak, Pleasure Point, Capitola in March

By Tyler Maldonado|2024-08-13T17:03:40-07:00March 1, 2024|Tags: BCycle, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, e-bikes, electric bikes, Featured, Live Oak, Pleasure Point, roads, transportation|

Watsonville BCycle rollout delayed to August

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Watsonville City Council targets RV parking, adds homeless services

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:03:54-07:00February 29, 2024|Tags: City of Watsonville, Featured, guns, Jesse Kathan, Jimmy Dutra, Watsonville City Council, Watsonville police|

Gun storage law also advances

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Santa Cruz city leaders approve thousands of potential new homes

By Jesse Kathan|2023-12-15T18:17:27-08:00December 13, 2023|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, downtown Santa Cruz, housing, housing element, Jesse Kathan, RHNA, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Scott Newsome|

Watsonville expected to miss state deadline for housing plans

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Bond measure on March ballot would benefit Watsonville hospital

By Stephen Baxter|2023-11-30T14:53:30-08:00November 30, 2023|Tags: City of Watsonville, health, Pajaro, Pajaro Valley Health Care District, Watsonville Community Hospital|

Land, building acquisition planned with $116 million

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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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Downtown Watsonville plan adopted to add housing, shops, walkability

By Jesse Kathan|2023-11-15T15:55:55-08:00October 11, 2023|Tags: City of Watsonville, Downtown, housing, Jesse Kathan, Rene Mendez, Watsonville City Council|

Zoning, street changes hope to attract redevelopment

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Watsonville housing project due in 2024

By Stephen Baxter and Jesse Kathan|2023-11-15T15:55:59-08:00October 6, 2023|Tags: affordable housing, City of Watsonville, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council, Watsonville City Council|

Plus: Santa Cruz could require options to tip delivery drivers