A Santa Cruz Superior Court last month ruled in favor of the controversial Student Housing West project proposed by UC…
Blaire Hobbs
Follow Blaire Hobbs on: LinkedIn. Blaire Hobbs (she/her) joins Lookout Santa Cruz after three years of working in the field of misinformation and media literacy. As a student at UCSC, Blaire worked as research assistant studying the spread of fake news, before transferring this experience to developing media literacy curriculum as a teaching assistant, and reporting on misinformation techniques for a research-based nonprofit called The Propwatch Project. Through this work, she developed a passion for reporting and a keen interest in local journalism.Blaire graduated from UCSC in 2019 with degrees in Cognitive Science and Literature. An avid volleyball player, you can usually find her on the courts of Main Beach, zipping down Wilder on her mountain bike, or else, in her backyard stubbornly coaxing her pepper plants to life. After graduating, Blaire moved from Salt Lake City to Milwaukee to Chicago, and is so grateful to finally call Santa Cruz her home again. She is so excited to return the favor and serve the Santa Cruz community through quality journalism.
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California State Assembly District 30: Dawn Addis leads big against Vicki Nohrden
Democrat Dawn Addis had captured 61% of votes counted as of Wednesday for California State Assembly District 30. Her Republican challenger, Vicki Nohrden, received 39% of the votes in the newly redistricted seat in the legislature.
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Student Lookout: Warriors ticket deal, Santa Cruz cafes and First Friday
Voters in the Santa Cruz City Schools high school and elementary school districts will be casting ballots in the…
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Soquel Union Elementary School District candidates on teacher pay, mental health, declining enrollment and pandemic learning loss
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across the county. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at Soquel Union Elementary School District.
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San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District candidates on tolerance, tutors and teacher housing
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District.
Posted inFood & Drink
The fungus among us: Sumano’s Organic Mushrooms fills a mycological niche
Sumano’s Organic Mushrooms sells about 40,000 pounds of mushrooms a month, and you can find them not only at the likes of New Leaf but also at the New Natives organic microgreens booth at a number of Santa Cruz County farmers markets.
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Student Lookout: Halloween night, three downtown discounts and Taco Tuesday
UC Santa Cruz student body government members announced Wednesday that they had successfully recalled Student Union…
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Ashby Confections: Small-batch, handmade treats to satisfy any sweet tooth
Jennifer Ashby’s team at Scotts Valley-based Ashby Confections offers up an array of confections made from locally sourced chocolate and draws inspiration for fruit-flavored candies from the berries and citrus grown on farms around Santa Cruz County.
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Active shooter report at Santa Cruz High ‘likely a prank,’ officials say after lockdown
More than 1,100 students at Santa Cruz High School plus more at district schools around the city were locked down Thursday morning after police received a report of an active shooting on the Santa Cruz High campus. Officials later determined the report to be false and SCHS students were being bused to Depot Park to reunite with families.
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Lookout PM: SC high shooter report ‘likely a prank,’ SC City Council op-eds, and Wallace’s Weekender
More than 1,100 students at Santa Cruz High School plus more at district schools around the city were locked down…