For some people, getting dental care can be an afterthought. For those who have been to the dentist only once or twice in their lives – or maybe never – it might even seem like a luxury. In and around Pescadero, farm workers and their families have historically fallen into one of those two groups. […]

Someday, Emma Jacquez and Brandon Marín’s high school years may seem like a remote island they lived on for four years until they could build a reliable boat and set sail to see the world. On the far shore, college was always in sight. Beyond it, foggier and more distant still, a glimpse of a […]

Puente de la Costa Sur, in collaboration with Stanford University’s Haas Center and La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District, hosted its annual Science Night for South Coast residents on Thursday, April 4. This yearly collaboration allowed all families in our region to participate in hands on learning and community building. As children were greeted at the […]

  Most people who work in this country earn wages, pay for expenses and file taxes in a conventional way: they deposit paychecks into a bank account, write checks, use credit cards to make large purchases, and file taxes using their Social Security number. But millions of foreign nationals in the U.S. live a shadow […]