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Monterey County awards new $139 million jail health care contract
Posted in Criminal Justice by Andrea Patton
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Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública
Posted in Español by Andrea Patton
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‘Te acaban de llevar’
Posted in Español by Andrea Patton
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With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades
Posted in Economy/Business by Andrea Patton
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Se estima que 80,000 personas en los condados de Monterey y Santa Cruz dependen de los beneficios del SNAP
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Roughly 80,000 people in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties depend on SNAP benefits
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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When this California Spanish-language TV station closed, a news desert opened for Latino viewers
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Immigration fears are harming public health
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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‘They just took you away’
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Five questions about the crisis in local news
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Monterey County’s home kitchen program opens new opportunities
Posted in Economy/Business by Andrea Patton
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Do art. Be kind.
Posted in Arts/Culture by Andrea Patton
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A young Salinas resident recounts her journey through the mental health system
Posted in Education by Andrea Patton
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California lawmakers may limit childhood sex abuse survivors’ ability to sue
Posted in Features by Sara Tiano
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King City boy wants to become the future of music in Monterey County
Posted in Arts/Culture by Andrea Patton
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Salinas officials are poised to cross the church-state divide
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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The Souls of Potter’s Field
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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Here’s what the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ means for the Central Coast
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton
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BREAKING: Monterey County jail gets big money for helping ICE find targets
Posted in Features by Andrea Patton

About Andrea Patton

Andrea grew up in Salinas, moved to Ohio to teach high school English and journalism, and returned to Santa Cruz where she wrote for Good Times and taught at Cabrillo College. An avid traveler, she currently resides in Seattle.

August 8, 2019

For whom the bells toll Native tribe seeks to remove mission markers in Santa Cruz

May 9, 2019

A Teaching Exodus High cost of housing is driving teachers out of the Central Coast

February 28, 2019

Home school Education officials eye abandoned sites for teacher housing

January 31, 2019

Status Uncertain Santa Cruz agency guides immigrants through the uncertainty

December 17, 2018

A Promise to the Virgin Mary Santa Cruz woman carries on grandmother's tradition

October 25, 2018

Civil engineer turned activist hopes Measure M could help prevent homelessness Sitting down with Ernestina Saldaña