News across Santa Cruz County

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for support of Santa Cruz Humane Society
I would like to send a “thank you” to the communities of Sonoita and Patagonia for supporting the Santa Cruz Humane Society in Nogales, and hopefully preventing their closure.

A community comes together on pickleball courts
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning you'll find a dedicated community of pickleball practioners paddling away on their freshly installed courts behind the Patagonia Museum.

Santa Cruz County Fair 4-H FFA Champions
Seventy-seven animals were sold at the Youth Livestock Auction, totaling $359,894.75, with $15,142.25 going toward youth scholarships.

Photo gallery: Community Confab
A total of 27 nonprofits representing arts, cultural, environmental and community service organizations, to name just a few, gathered at the Patagonia Lumber Company on Sunday to share information about their missions, services and ways to get involved.

Photo Gallery: Sonoita-Elgin Fire District commemorates 20 years of service
The Sonoita-Elgin Fire District commemorated 20 years of service to the community with a birthday celebration on Monday at the district’s station house in Sonoita.

Monitoring the air in eastern Santa Cruz County
The AirSMART Network is a community air-quality monitoring project, using relatively small, low-cost sensors capable of providing frequent, real-time measurements of particulate pollution and other atmospheric conditions.

Discover Patagonia’s superpower — with ice cream
All are invited to come out to the Patagonia Lumber Company on Sunday, Sept. 27, for the Community Confab Ice Cream Social and Non-Profit Fair to learn about Patagonia's multitude of nonprofits, their services and ways to get involved.