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Pajaro Valley Health Care District appoints new board member

Pajaro Valley Health Care District’s governing board has appointed a new member to fill former chair John Friel’s seat. Marcela Tavantzis, 64, a longtime City of Watsonville employee, was chosen from among four applicants for the vacant seat on the five-member board...

Watsonville Community Hospital hosts town hall on agency’s future

WATSONVILLE — The last time Matko Vranjes, the interim CEO of Watsonville Community Hospital, was in the cafeteria at Watsonville High School in late 2021, the mood was a lot more somber. The hospital had begun bankruptcy proceedings, and its owner at the time —...