Gas prices in California will go up about 3 cents on July 1 due to the state’s excise tax on gasoline, which is adjusted each year.
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LOOKOUT PM: Seafood in sight for the 4th? About the new Venus Beachside
Happy 4th of July weekend, folks. Hope you have big plans or no plans at all. It is all good. The weather forecast is delightfully moderate which will hopefully keep any extra fire worries, that none of us need — especially our first responder friends — at bay. Please don’t be afraid to call a […]
Posted inHousing & Development
After 11 years of rising Santa Cruz home prices, ‘we’re in a dip at the moment’
Home prices in Santa Cruz County have flattened and even begun to drop in recent months, as they have across the country. Will it last? Experienced realtors say it’s too early to say.
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Morning Lookout: County leads way on flavored tobacco; the costs of skyrocketing home prices
Good morning, Lookout pals! Today is Thursday, June 30, and looking like another nice one around Santa Cruz County, mostly sunny once the clouds clear out and highs mainly in the 70s and 80s. We’re just about in July, which means that within a couple weeks, all of the county’s biggest towns and its unincorporated […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Big Basin set to reopen, a new flavored tobacco ordinance, and an update from our founder
Hello folks, I’m sure that you’re looking forward to the long weekend (as am I), and hope you have something good planned. At the very least, fire up that grill and cook a meal outside! It was a busy day here at Lookout, so let’s jump right into it… Big Basin Redwoods State Park partially […]
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Why I Live Here: I bought my Aptos house for $100K in 1981. Friends tell me I’m lucky; I don’t agree.
Claudia Sternbach landed in Santa Cruz County by chance in 1981, when she and her husband, Michael, were idealists searching for a way to make a life close to the water. Today, their Aptos home is worth 10 times what they paid, but people she has known for decades are leaving, unable to afford the soaring home prices. Her daughter can’t afford to live here. She wonders aloud what Santa Cruz is becoming and what will happen to adventure-seeking young people today.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Santa Cruz’s flavored tobacco ban: County now leads the state in latest regulations
As Big Tobacco fights California’s statewide actions, Santa Cruz becomes the first bigger county to ban those products with “a taste or smell other than tobacco.” Scotts Valley’s new ordinance, to take effect July 15, completes city and county action intended to reduce fast-growing use among young people.
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Music of our time, for our time: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music celebrates 60 years
For six decades, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music has been delving into the issues of our time. America’s longest running festival of new orchestral music, the Festival brings together music lovers, musicians, and composers for an unparalleled musical experience. From July 24 through August 7, the Festival will celebrate its 60th Anniversary with a […]
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California climate rules won’t be undercut by Supreme Court’s ruling, experts say
The Supreme Court’s decision to limit federal environmental protection rules will have little to no effect on California’s carbon-reduction policies, according to experts — and state leaders say they are doubling down on their climate commitment.
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Nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics approved by California lawmakers
The plastics legislation heads off what would be a costly and contentious ballot measure and pushes California ahead of the world in the fight against plastic waste.
