Opinion

Watsonville mayor's update, December 2017

As the clock ticks down until Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust votes on whether to exercise its right of first refusal to take over the Watsonville Community Hospital, the nurses who organized the town hall want to make sure they address the questions raised by the public. While there were many question cards turned in on Sunday, three main themes emerged.

Letters to the Editor, Aug. 31, 2018

My good friend Marvin Byers has left this world. His unexpected passing, on Dec. 17, is a day now stamped into my memory. It...

Grandpa wants to eat an apple. This is a simple act. Yet, one in five people over the age of 65 living in the U.S....

We are all lifelong learners committed to growing and understanding more about our world. Humanity’s great strength is in its ability to adapt. A...

Walking through a rose garden, it can be hard to resist bending down to take a whiff of at least one flower.

Thousands of people across Santa Cruz County—and millions more throughout the U.S.—took a pause late Monday morning to look to the skies for a...

Power poles are visual blight I had the opportunity to drive on an improved and repaved Freedom Boulevard recently.   Traversing it nice, however, I wish the...

Letters to the Editor, July 26, 2019.