.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.
Equipment retrieval on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf
June 10, 2025

Wharf Debris, Equipment Recovery at Santa Cruz Wharf

The City of Santa Cruz joined forces with the U.S. Coast Guard and Power Engineering Construction Company on June 6–8 to remove heavy equipment...
People applying paint to giant letters on a city street
June 10, 2025

Community Unites to Repaint Black Lives Matter Mural

More than 40 volunteers spent hours refreshing the massive Black Lives Matter street mural in front of Santa Cruz City Hall.
Lanes of the freeway with one painted bright red
June 3, 2025

Seeing Red? Highway 1 Bus Lanes Explained

Large swaths of Highway 1 lanes between Soquel Drive and 41st Avenue have been painted bright red. What does this mean?
Photo of the White House
May 27, 2025

Republican Budget Cuts Could Imperil Local Senior Programs

Proposed cuts by the Republican-led administration in Washington, D.C., could be bad news for a Seniors Council program in Santa Cruz County.
Woman painting a mural
May 27, 2025

New Mural Depicts Stagecoach Driver Charley Parkhurst

A new outdoor mural by Watsonville artist Erika Rosendale at El Vaquero Winery in Corralitos depicts a slice of Santa Cruz County history.
Archival black-and-white photo
May 14, 2025

Santa Cruz County History Fair set for May 17

On May 17, local organizations that preserve the county’s history for the public will come together for the Santa Cruz County History Fair.
Person in front of a sculpture shaped like the outline of an eye
May 7, 2025

unSCruz Brings Four Days of Creativity to Hollister

The four-day mix of freestyle art projects, bizarre vehicles, outlandish costumes, and more had a theme of ‘Cosmic Odyssey.’
H&G manzanita shrub
April 23, 2025

Apple Upgrade

Headed up by local farmer Sam Earnshaw, a crew of workers recently spread out across the seven-acre Hikari Farm on Freedom Boulevard, where organic Fuji apples grow.
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