SALINAS — The use of pesticides in the Pajaro Valley has drawn further scrutiny in recent months, especially with various demonstrations and the efforts of a 30-day hunger strike by local activists. A ...

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More than 1,000 students from local schools staged a walkout and marched through downtown Santa Cruz on Friday to protest ...

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Between Santa Cruz Point (Lighthouse Point) and Black Point, is a coved inlet once dubbed Santa Cruz Harbor in the 1850s,” ...