Hillary OJeda is a journalist for the Iowa City Press-Citizen, focusing on local news in Santa Cruz, California. She also writes for Lookout Local and has been featured in Wine Business Monthly. Hillary's articles cover a range of topics including education, transportation, community issues, and legal disputes.
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Hillary's coverage predominantly includes local news, government & politics, education, and healthcare in the United States with a focus on California and Santa Cruz. Her articles cover evolving stories such as local board decisions, community activism, educational developments at UCSC, and healthcare-related agreements.
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By: Hillary Ojeda
Former teacher Jessica Carrasco and incumbent Adam Bolaños Scow are competing for the trustee Area 6 seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board. In interviews with Lookout, they discussed what their goals are and why they're the right candidate.
By: Hillary Ojeda
The Pajaro Valley Health Care District is moving forward with plans to purchase the Watsonville Community Hospital buildings and the land they sits on. The district has owned the hospital's assets for the past two years, but has yet to purchase the building and land.
By: Hillary Ojeda
Filmmaker Gabriel Medina and incumbent Oscar Soto are competing for the Area 3 trustee seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board. In interviews with Lookout, they discussed what their goals are and why each feels they’re the right candidate.
By: Hillary Ojeda
Incumbent Georgia Acosta will face the woman who led an unsuccessful recall campaign against her, homeowners association general manager Carol Turley, in November's race for the Area 2 trustee seat on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board. In interviews with Lookout, they discussed what their goals are and why they feel they're the right candidate.
By: Hillary Ojeda
Santa Cruz pedestrian Helen Hines died Sunday after a collision with an e-bike rider Friday morning, according to her daughter, Cindy Diola. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident, which happened on Opal Cliff Drive.
By: Hillary Ojeda
Almost two months after UC Santa Cruz Family Student Housing residents demanded that the university address housing conditions and waive a rent increase, housing officials said they will provide a one-time credit toward rent but won’t rescind the annual increase. They also say they're changing how they respond to maintenance requests.
By: Hillary Ojeda
Scotts Valley Unified School District's five-member governing board has three seats up for election this November. The two incumbents and four newcomers who are running talked to Lookout about their goals and why they think they're the right candidates.
Theobald Lengyel was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a Santa Cruz County jury on Thursday, after a weeks-long trial in which prosecutors depicted the former Mr. Bungle alternative rock musician as someone with a pattern of abusive and violent behavior that culminated with the murder of his girlfriend, Capitola resident Alice “Alix” Herrmann, in December 2023.
Student activists at UC Santa Cruz say they're outraged about a student's arrest and concerned about free speech rights as they protest Israel's war in Gaza. An attorney for one of the students says she believes the university is retaliating against her for her activism.
Nearly a year after Debra "Debby" Towne was killed in a fatal hit-and-run, Soquel resident Aurora Lopez pleaded guilty. Towne's daughter Adrienne West told Lookout this past year has been very challenging and the maximum sentence of four years for Lopez doesn't feel like enough to her.
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