Aptos Village: Phase 2 Begins: Coming by 2025: 29 Homes, More Commercial Space, Story and Photos By Jondi Gumz • Aptos Shop Owner Hit in Crosswalk, By Jondi Gumz • Santa Cruz Metro: Sales Tax Ahead?, By Jondi Gumz • Affordable Rentals Coming to Watsonville, By Jondi Gumz • Monk of Mokha, By Denise Ward • Gourmet Grazing on the Green • Fentanyl Poisoning: 78 Deaths So Far This Year, By Jondi Gumz • Loretta Estrada, Jody Belgard: 2023 Blue Ribbon Winners • Deputy Recruitment Pay • Builders Volunteer for a Cause Close to Their Hearts, By Sean Dalida • Eden Housing Awards $107,779 in Scholarships: Two of the 34 Winners Live in Aptos • Holistic Health in the Redwoods • PFAS in Firefighting Foam: Voluntary Cleanup, By Jondi Gumz • Metro: $500,000 for Better Bus Stops • PVUSD Promotions: Claudia Monjaras, Mark Verch • Mount Madonna School on AP Honor Roll • Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90 • California’s New Senator: Laphonza Butler, By Jondi Gumz • Law to Muzzle Doctors Repealed: Patient Interview Required Before Complaints about Care Closed, By Jondi Gumz • Indigenous Peoples’ Day • Soquel Creek Water Customers to Meet Oct. 29 • Rep. Panetta Goes to Israel: Meets with Leaders & Families, Reaffirms Support … and much more!