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South Coast Stories

Ruth Shavel, remarkable Puente volunteer, to receive special award.

If you ask Ruth Shavel why she has spent her entire life volunteering for Peninsula nonprofits, including Puente, she will give a simple answer. “I could do it,” she says. “So I did.” Shavel, 87, is as modest as she is generous. For the past eight years, she has been a committed volunteer and the […]

In Pescadero Town Planning Initiative Report, the Community Speaks as One. La Comunidad Une su Voz en el Informe de la Iniciativa de Planificación de Pescadero.

Looking back, one of the most-appreciated and talked-about moments of the Pescadero Town Planning Gathering on March 17 was the extraordinary exercise that kicked it off.  Participants were asked to sort themselves into three groups: monolingual Spanish speakers, monolingual English speakers and those who identified as bilingual. Then, the bilingual participants – about 20 percent […]

Two beloved Puente board members retire. Dos queridas miembras de la junta directiva de Puente se retiran.

  If there are any two locals who are woven deeply into the fabric of Puente and the larger South Coast, it’s Carol Young-Holt and Wendy Wardwell. Both women have served on the Puente Board of Directors for more than 15 years, and they’ve helped Puente grow in ways that are reflected in the larger […]

A step closer to their dreams: Puente U.S. Citizenship program

Growing up in Pescadero has helped me to appreciate everything I have and not take it for granted. I admire my mother’s strength, her willingness to work, and the love for her family – traits that allowed her to become the person she is today. My mother is a naturalized US Citizen who crosses goals […]