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🌱 Watsonville Hospital Gets $5M Pledge + Fossil Fuel Divestment

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Happy Thursday, people of Watsonville! These are the most important things going on today in Watsonville.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and nice. High: 70 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Watsonville:

  1. Santa Cruz County Pledges $5.5M To Purchase Watsonville Hospital (Watsonville Patch)
  2. Watsonville City Council urges CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  3. Six-story apartment building project moves forward in Santa Cruz (KSBW Monterey)
  4. Scotts Valley Shooting: Central Valley Man Charged (Santa Cruz Patch)
  5. Colorado Fire: Evacuations Lifted, Highway 1 Reopens (Santa Cruz Patch)
  6. Bay Area triple stabbing suspect struck and killed on Highway 85, police say (SFGate)Red Cross Offers Amazon Gift Card For Blood Donations: Upcoming Drive Near Watsonville (Watsonville Patch)
  7. Watsonville: Dogs, Cats, Pets Available For Adoption Nearby (Watsonville Patch)

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Today in Watsonville:

  • Afterschool STEAM @ La Selva Beach - La Selva Beach Branch Library (4:00 PM)
  • G.Bball vs. NMC - Watsonville High (5:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Watsonville Rec: "Come work for us and make a difference in our community! #watsonvillerec #watsonvilleparksandrec #parksmakelifebetter" (Instagram)
  • Watsonville Rotary Club: "10 club members came out and pulled weeds at the soccer fields at Freedom Elementary! ROTARIANS AT WORK!" (Facebook)
  • City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "The search for a new Watsonville City Manager continues. Last night, City Council held a community forum for residents to provide feedback on what they hope and expect from the next City Manager. This was in addition to a community surve..." (Facebook)
  • City of Watsonville - City Gov't: "Our Housing Division will be holding a virtual public meeting today at 6 PM to discuss its 2022 Action Plan. The plan proposes activities that will provide low- and moderate-income residents with low-interest housing rehabilitation loans..." (Facebook)
  • Watsonville Rotary Club: "HANDS-ON PROJECT TODAY!! Please join us Wednesday January 26th at noon. We will be weeding several sections of the soccer field that need some TLC. In lieu of our regular meeting, this is our monthly community service project. If possibl..." (Facebook)
  • City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services Department: "Come work for us and make a difference in your community! #watsonvillerec #watsonvilleparksandrec #parksmakelifebetter" (Facebook)
  • Pajaro Valley Arts Council: "Join us TONIGHT for our first Art Salon of the year! Featuring Adon Valenziano, Victoria May, and Kathleen Crocetti! Tonight at 6:30PM via Zoom. Meeting ID: 892 3214 9126 Passcode: 542354 http://ow.ly/bAlu30s8F04" (Facebook)
  • Pajaro Valley Arts Council: "Join us TONIGHT for our first Art Salon of the year! Featuring Adon Valenziano, Victoria May, and Kathleen Crocetti! Tonight at 6:30PM via Zoom. Meeting ID: 892 3214 9126 Passcode: 542354" (Facebook)
  • Watsonville Family YMCA: "Caring•Respect•Honesty•Responsible are more than words for our Y kids. It puts the fun in the FUNdamentals of our YMCA Afterschool Program. Call TODAY for more information about our Watsonville YMCA Afterschool Programs!" (Facebook)
  • Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: "#WaterWednesday What percentage of water in the Pajaro Valley is used for agriculture purposes? About 85% of water demand in the Valley is for irrigation." (Facebook)
  • Watsonville Police Activities League (PAL): "#Repost @watsonvillerec ・・・ Come work for us and make a difference in our community! #watsonvillerec #watsonvilleparksandrec #parksmakelifebetter" (Facebook)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Michael Wittner

About me: I am excited to be returning to Patch as a Roving Editor, a job that will allow me to find out what's going on in communities all over the country. I worked as a Patch Field Editor from April 2020 to June 2021, covering Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and Northridge-Chatsworth. Before then I was the Associate Editor of the Jewish Journal, a biweekly paper covering the Jewish community north of Boston. I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small, seaside town north of Boston, and graduated from Bard College in New York, and then got my masters in teaching from New York University. Feel free to send any story ideas to michael.wittner@patch.com.

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