Santa Cruz, CA – To commemorate Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Assemblymember Gail Pellerin will recognize 12 upstanders in the mental health field as Assembly District 28’s 2025 Mental Health Heroes at her annual public health resource fair on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM on the lawn at 701 Ocean St, Santa Cruz.
Ethan Baron, The Mercury News
Ashley Zavala, KCRA
UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis are partnering to launch a new program that will train future physicians deeply committed to the health and well-being of Central Coast communities and increase access to care.
Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) was responsible for including $1.5 million in the state budget for the two campuses to establish the UC Programs in Medical Education Central Coast (PRIME Central Coast). The new program, which will...
Emily Schultheis and Will McCarthy, Politico
Santa Cruz Look Out, Max Chun