The PRT Weekly News Bulletin for Dec. 10-16, 2025

Above: Retired ranch manager Joe Quiroga answers an audience member’s question at last Saturday’s ‘Living Treasures’ event about how his family and two others once lived in the rooms that later became Patagonia’s library. Photo by Binx Selby

In this week’s news bulletin:

  • Breaking news: Limited civil court services coming to Eastern Santa Cruz County starting in January
  • This Saturday, Dec. 13: Free Holiday Food Bag distribution at Food Bank—includes frozen four-pound ham
  • Telling it like it was: At last Saturday’s ‘Living Treasures’ event at the Patagonia Library, the second this year, longtime locals shared their stories about growing up in Patagonia and the surrounding areas
  • New visions from Patagonia artist Paula Wittner are on view now in Nogales: a report by Linda Jade Fong
  • PRT ‘Starstruck’ columnist Harold Meckler to lead free stargazing session this Monday, Dec. 15
  • Nominate your neighbor for the 4th annual PRT Good Neighbor Awards

Plus: School news, job listings, and information on upcoming concerts, Christmas events, nature walks, fundraisers, workshops, farmers markets, public meetings, church services and much more

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