My Ukrainian Daughter: Nancy Cooper Shares Tragedy and Triumph of Sister City Family, By Jondi Gumz • Aptos Celebrates Community Awards: Annual Awards Dinner to Take Place Nov. 3 • Apple Pie Baking Contest Winners • Encouraging Compassion, Empathy and Kindness: Mount Madonna School Hosts Peace Day Commemoration • Search for Youth Poet Laureate Underway • Stephen Gray Voted Watsonville Hospital CEO: Leader from Sutter Health to Start Nov. 1 • Open Studios: First 3 Weekends in October: Free Art Tour Showcasing 322 artists in Santa Cruz County, By Jondi Gumz • PVUSD News and Notes • Tips to Plan Your Art Tour • Monterey Airport Gets $25 Million • Jobs in Santa Cruz County • Actors’ Theatre: Full Season Announced • Halloween Fundraiser • Pajaro Valley Health Fair • Capitola Plein Air Returns: One Magic Week of Painting Outdoors from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, By Laurie Hill • Teen Artes Program Mural Celebration • Annual Harvest Festival at Staff of Life • Capitola Village Halloween Parade • AB28 — Governor Signs 11% Gun Tax, By Jondi Gumz • Governor Signs SB 14: Sex Trafficking of Minors a Strike, By Jondi Gumz • AB 957: Bill to Protect TGI Youth Vetoed, By Jondi Gumz • State Bill AB 1286 Targets Prescription Errors at Drugstore Chains, By Jondi Gumz • Fentanyl, 485,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills, Seized in Fresno County • Soquel Creek Water District Salaries • Storage is Not Affordable • Aptos JV Boys Water Polo … and much more!