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An upcoming vote by the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission would put millions toward planning light rail service between Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
With a two-year pause leading to high demand, local chefs, farms and winemakers are putting on their best al fresco show with a full calendar of farm-to-table meals, tasting salons and special outdoor dinners. Here’s Lily Belli’s full guide to the season ahead.
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans. For many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible. (Shutterstock)
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA The harsh conditions California s farmworkers normally face have been exacerbated this year by the triple whammy of the coronavirus pandemic, wildfires and rising temperatures.
In Santa Cruz County, a grassroots effort is aimed at addressing one important, but often overlooked, consequence of this hardship: the toll it exacts on the reproductive health of indigenous women who work in agriculture.
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans, and for many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible.
Thursday, December 10, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, Micha Berry, with the city of Fresno s water division, unscrews the motor that sits on top of a groundwater well in order to repair the well s pump, in Fresno, Calif.
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Krishna Feldman has more to worry about than students returning books on time. She is the librarian at Ohlone Elementary School in Santa Cruz County, where testing found toxic levels of a contaminant called chromium-6 in water coming out of drinking fountains.
“Last month, we found out we had another kindergartener who has leukemia at our school,” Feldman said. “We have a new case of cancer at our school almost every year.”