Tarmo Hannula

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Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.
Giclée print of a Native American dancer wearing a colorful traditional outfit and feathered headdress against a bright blue sky.

From the Spirit

n celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, a new art exhibit has gone up on the walls of the Aptos Branch Library. Aptos artist Becky Olvera Schultz, who is part of the Kickapoo/Shawnee tribe, is sharing the exhibit with fellow artist Karen Whitaker.
Panel of five speakers discussing ocean pollution at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, seated before a map of Monterey Bay and the Salinas River.

An ocean view, pollution included

...right here in our county, our litter, our cigarette butts, our plastics are going into our watershed, and we’ve got to stop it.
Panelists discuss the risks of large-scale battery storage systems during a public meeting at the Simpkins Family Swim Center in Live Oak.

Residents Want Local Control

Santa Cruz residents gathered to warn against a proposal to build three more of the facilities in the county.
woman painting a landscape on canvas outdoors

Capitola Plein Air Continues Through Nov. 9

Forty artists have been taking part in the 2025 Capitola Plein Air, a six-day outdoor art event that will culminate in a show and sale Nov. 9.
Four people seated on a stage and speaking in front of a crowd

Weighing in at the State of the Region

Leaders from Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties confab on everything from housing, hospitals and hospitality to air mobility.
Man and woman at an awards event, woman holding plaque

Local ACLU Chapter Holds Awards Luncheon

The ACLU Bell of Freedom award went to the group Your Allied Rapid Response and the Hammer of Justice award to the Watsonville Law Center.
Redwood forest at night illuminated with colorful lights

Roaring Camp Offering Colorful Night Strolls

A lighted stroll beneath giant old-growth redwoods is now on the list of things to do at Roaring Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Group of people protesting pesticide use

Activist Begins Monthlong Hunger Strike to Protest Pesticide Use

Watsonville activist Omar Dieguez announced a hunger strike, starting with a protest outside of Driscoll’s headquarters in Watsonville.
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