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December 2, 2020 By Lynn Davison Like most of us, Christina Wilhelm is feeling the burdens of the COVID pandemic, but she has focused her energy on finding innovative ways to keep music being heard in Santa Cruz County even during the height of the current crisis. She and her husband, Fred, the founders […]
December 2, 2020 By Heather Dodge When COVID-19 shut down restaurants and schools across the country, the USDA stepped in to help redirect food supplies to those who need them through the Farm to Families Program. Suitable organizations were selected in each state to organize and distribute the food boxes to low income and rural […]
December 2, 2020 By Kathryn Schrag There are four groups of people necessary for the existence of the PRT: Our Readers, for without you why publish? Our Donors, who fund about half of our annual budget, Our Advertisers, who are our other major source of revenue, and Our Volunteer Writers, without whom our expenses would […]
December 2, 2020 By Sarah Klingenstein Since the start of COVID, Patagonia has been fortunate to be home to several nonprofit organizations that focus on meeting people’s food needs. Over the past several months the Southeastern Santa Cruz County Community Food Bank, Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center, and the Senior Citizens of Patagonia, have been working […]
December 2, 2020 By Sarah Klingenstein The rising number of COVID cases in the County and State have sent Patagonia School District students back to distance learning for the foreseeable future. The district joins most others in Santa Cruz County who have recently closed campuses. The Patagonia Union High School campus had closed three weeks […]
By PRT Staff The Patagonia Regional Times is aware that in this unprecedented environment our readers are looking for up-to-date and reliable information regarding the coronavirus pandemic. As part of our commitment to bring you relevant and important local news you need, the PRT will update this page weekly on Fridays as we receive new […]
By Kathryn Schrag (Kathryn Schrag is a retired nurse-midwife and family nurse-practitioner) By the time this reaches our readers the big decision on the minds of many has been made: will you or will you not gather with people outside your household for Thanksgiving dinner during a time of worrisome rates of the corona […]
November 5, 2020 By Kat Crockett and Marion Vendituoli Sonoita Elgin Fire District (SEFD) Fire Chief Joseph DeWolf was placed on paid administrative leave at the October 9 Fire District Board meeting, pending an investigation of allegations of a hostile work environment within the fire department. On October 20, a second member of the SEFD […]
November 5, 2020 By Marion Vendituoli More than 40 people attended an open house hosted by South32, held on the football field at PUHS on Oct. 20. Visitors were not permitted to film any of the open house and the press was only allowed to quote ‘designated spokespeople,’ not the presenters at each of the […]
November 5, 2020 By Sarah Klingenstein Patagonia Union High School, after having moved to distance learning on Oct.14, due to two cases of COVID19, will continue in that mode for the immediate future. Though the administration had hoped to return to hybrid learning on Nov. 2, the data from Santa Cruz County is showing upwards […]
