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Pajaro Valley Health Care District appoints new board member
Pajaro Valley Health Care District’s governing board has appointed a new member to fill former chair John Friel’s seat. Marcela Tavantzis, 64, a longtime City of Watsonville employee, was chosen from among four applicants for the vacant seat on the five-member board...
Watsonville Hospital, Second Harvest partner to ‘Nourish’ local community
New food bank opens Monday with expanded hours WATSONVILLE — Harnessing their collective expertise, two nonprofits in South Santa Cruz County have joined forces to provide resources to families in need and fight against regional inequities. In what officials have...
Second Harvest Brings Fresh Food to Watsonville Community Hospital’s Patients
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County is combining those two key factors by partnering with Watsonville Community Hospital to bring the new Nourish fresh pantry to the hospital. The grand opening is 3:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15. “At Watsonville...
‘Crisis of epidemic proportions’: Families, survivors, workers share personal stories of opioid struggles
In March 2020, Gilroy resident Lisa Marquez woke up to police officers banging on her door. They told her that her 17-year-old son was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. By the time she got there, he had died of fentanyl poisoning after ingesting what...
Watsonville Community Hospital hosts town hall on agency’s future
WATSONVILLE — The last time Matko Vranjes, the interim CEO of Watsonville Community Hospital, was in the cafeteria at Watsonville High School in late 2021, the mood was a lot more somber. The hospital had begun bankruptcy proceedings, and its owner at the time —...