Marion Vendituoli

Incumbent Bruce Bracker faced challengers John Fanning and Jesus Jerez in the 80-minute event. Here is our report, including an unedited video of the forum.

Sheriff David Hathaway faced off against five challengers in a two-hour forum moderated by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Tom Fink. Here’s our report on the forum, as well as We Love Nogales’ complete video coverage.

View the entirety of last Saturday’s two-hour forum in Patagonia via We Love Nogales’ complete coverage on YouTube.

The withdrawal of ex-Santa Cruz County Treasurer Liz Gutfahr as a candidate in the Nov. 5 election means that no candidate’s name will appear on July 30 primary ballots—and only certain ‘write-in’ names will be counted. Here’s how we got here, and what happens next.

A steering committee made up of Sonoita and Elgin residents voted 12-7 on June 12 to continue work on the initiative. The meeting was contentious.

Attorney General Kris Mayes listened for nearly two hours as speakers voiced concerns regarding South32’s Hermosa mining project. “I can’t stand before you and make any promises,” she said, “but I can tell you that I’m going to look at every tool available to work with you on this issue.”

Residents of Red Rock Acres said they got some good news and some bad news at an April 10 meeting regarding construction of the Cross Creek Connector.