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Morgan Hill Veterans Run is Nov. 15

The 12th annual Morgan Hill Veterans Run is scheduled for Nov. 15, giving participants a chance to support those who served in the armed services in the days after Veterans Day. The Veterans Run was started by Charles Weston, a Vietnam veteran and marathon runner, with the idea to help...

Morgan Hill, CA · 9d
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San Jose Braces for Soggy El Niño Winter, Urges Storm Drain Reports Now

San Jose officials are telling residents to get ready now for what forecasters are calling a potentially historic wet season, pointing people toward storm drain hotlines, sandbag pickup sites and flood maps before the heaviest rains arrive. The push comes as federal weather agencies predict stronger storms and potential flooding brought on by El Niño this winter, with the city and Santa Clara County rolling out resources meant to help residents prepare and cut down on community risk.

San Jose, CA · 8d
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Residents are feeling the loss of the social services building in Seaside.

Aric Sleeper here, thinking about falling leaves and the end of daylight saving time, already longing for the later sunsets to come this spring. Monterey County residents who have patronized the County’s social services building in Seaside, which shuttered its doors on Friday, Oct. 30, may also be looking ahead to a time in the coming years when a new building will replace the aging edifice, built in 1975.

Seaside, CA · 9d
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Eden Housing celebrates grand re-opening with city

Eden Housing, the City of Watsonville and South County Housing celebrated the reopening of two affordable housing communities, Tierra Linda and Pajaro Court, following major renovations. The properties provide a combined 28 affordable rental homes. Built in 1994, Tierra Linda is at 490 Beck St., while Pajaro Court is at...

Watsonville, CA · 10d
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Residents are feeling the impending loss of Monterey County’s social services building in Seaside.

Fans whirred inside the Seaside social services building to block out the heat as Monterey County residents continued to drop in for the last few days of its services until its closure. County officials decided to shutter the building due to a $3.9 million price tag to fix the building’s...

Seaside, CA · 11d

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This Man-Made California Reservoir Allows Only Non-Motorized Boats, and Its Glassy Morning Water Keeps Paddlers and Anglers Coming Back

Some of the best spots in California are the ones you almost drive right past. You pull off a winding road expecting a quick look at some water, and suddenly you want to stay all morning. Picture still, mirror-like water, green hills all around, and nothing louder than a paddle...

Cupertino, CA · 15d

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Salinas Fire Department receives about $4.4 million in grants to address understaffing and response times.

Below-standard response times, a need for a building inspection program and costly overtime—these are just some of the issues that the Salinas Fire Department hopes to offset through an infusion of about $4.4 million in federal and state funding. The Salinas City Council approved the Fire Department to receive...

Salinas, CA · 9d

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Carmel Valley Village fire devastates local businesses.

The Carmel Valley Center Street Marketplace building was a recipe for disaster. The old wooden building had no fire sprinklers. Filled with flammable material inside like art and glass blowing studios, it was already on the Monterey County Fire Protection District’s radar before it went up in flames in the early morning of Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Carmel Valley, CA · 11d

San José Spotlight

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Gilroy roller-skating business struggles to expand

One South County city and a family-owned skate rink are at odds over the business’ attempts to expand its operation. Mikey Gaeta and Yanessa Cruz, husband-and-wife owners of Skater Things Clubhouse in Gilroy, said their efforts to move into a larger facility a block south of their current location at 7050 Monterey Road are fading... The post Gilroy roller-skating business struggles to expand appeared first on San José Spotlight .

Gilroy, CA · 11d

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Mitchell’s Cove in Santa Cruz: off-leash dog beach hours and rules

Mitchell’s Cove in Santa Cruz: off-leash dog beach hours and rules. Mitchell’s Cove is the one beach on the City of Santa Cruz list of places where dogs can run off leash, and the off-leash hours decide when to go: before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m., according to the City of Santa Cruz list of dog off-leash areas. The cove sits below West Cliff Drive on the west side of town. The city lists access by a stairway on West Cliff Drive at Sunset Avenue, and Visit Santa Cruz County places the beach near West Cliff Drive and Almar Avenue. DogTrekker keeps a Mitchell’s Cove Beach listing with a map.

Santa Cruz, CA · 11d

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Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Oct. 29-Nov. 1

This Friday is the season finale of Scotts Valley’s Food Truck Friday at Skypark, and of course it’s Halloween-themed. In addition to food trucks, beer and wine, and live music, there will be a free screening of “Hocus Pocus 2” after the sun goes down. Costumes are encouraged. – Lily Belli.

Santa Cruz County, CA · 11d

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Two new independent bookstores bring fresh energy to Santa Cruz County – one for romantasy, one for adventure

In an era of AI-generated content, the continued growth of e-commerce and regular media discourse around the state of American literacy, two local entrepreneurs are setting their sights on something decidedly analog: the brick-and-mortar bookstore. Marissa Swett and Charese Allen have each had long careers in other fields – teaching...

Santa Cruz County, CA · 12d

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PVHCD Board recommends closure of Watsonville Community Hospital’s labor & delivery, NICU

The Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Directors on Wednesday voted to send a 120-day notice to the California Department of Public Health, warning the agency that Watsonville Community Hospital’s labor & delivery and neonatal intensive care units will close unless its financial picture improves. California Senate Bill...

Watsonville, CA · 11d

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Nearly 25% of households in this Bay Area county use electric vehicles, leading the nation in EV adoption

SAN JOSE, Calif. - California leads the country by a sizable margin when it comes to motorists driving electric cars, and new figures show in one Bay Area county, almost a quarter of its households own or lease at least one EV. California leads the way. By the numbers:. According...

California · 10d

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Former Aptos golf course to become “Village on the Green”

The project has been revised

Aptos, CA · 12d

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San Juan home lights up neighborhood for Halloween

Fair warning: the King of the Underworld has taken up residence for the Halloween season at 233 Cypress Lane in San Juan Bautista, and he has brought a trove of ghosts, spirits and other denizens of the dark with him. They are all haunting the home of Gem and Chris...

San Juan Bautista, CA · 12d

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Give Measure E a chance before closing Watsonville’s maternity unit – a physician’s perspective

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. As a pediatrician who has worked in Watsonville for 39 years, including 30 years at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) attending to high- risk deliveries and in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), I have seen firsthand the importance of accessible, high-quality care for mothers and babies.

Watsonville, CA · 12d

Santa Barbara Independent

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Santa Barbara County Faces Losing the California Coastal Commission

Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce, celebrated passage of the 54th anniversary of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) by issuing a draft report finding the California Coastal Commission unjustifiably hostile towards offshore oil and Vandenberg’s Space X. The act, which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on...

Santa Barbara County, CA · 12d

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PVUSD board sets stage for superintendent search

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday took the first step toward selecting a new superintendent, agreeing to hold a special meeting Nov. 9 or 10 to discuss how the search will proceed. The board approved the plan 6-0-1, with Trustee Gabriel Medina abstaining after his...

Watsonville, CA · 10d

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Hollister city council rescinds termination notices for dozens of employees

Less than two weeks after Hollister city officials issued notices of termination to at least 37 employees, the city council unanimously withdrew the notices following an Oct. 26 special closed session meeting. The affected employees were set to be laid off on Nov. 13. They were placed on paid leave...

Hollister, CA · 11d