The Santa Cruz Symphony League has announced its 45th Annual Home Tour Fundraiser. This year the series expands via virtual tour to 10 incredible homes in and around Santa Cruz.
Jessica M. Pasko
Jessica M. Pasko has been writing professionally for almost two decades. She cut her teeth in journalism as a reporter for the Associated Press in her native Albany, New York, where she covered everything from plane crashes and arts & culture to state politics, including assisting with the coverage of former New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation. After getting her master’s degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she moved to the West Coast and covered crime and breaking news for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. She has also worked for KION and written for a variety of local, regional and national publications on both coasts, including Evanston Patch, The Good Times, Santa Cruz Waves and many others.
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Clean energy Coast Futura rail demo met with excitement, hope for the future
Thousands of Santa Cruz County residents took a ride into the future of local public transportation in October during the Coast Futura streetcar demonstration event.
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Habitat Monterey Bay: Building affordable homes and home ownership through “sweat equity”
Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay is partnering with local contractors and community volunteers to build their most recent affordable housing development at Rodeo Creek Court in the Live Oak neighborhood of Santa Cruz.
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Redesigned library buildings connect & inspire: SCPL’s 10 branch system transforms
Libraries need Friends. They also need space. Not any old space. They need inviting, flexible, supportive spaces that are well equipped and resourced to meet unique local needs and expectations.
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Restoring Watersheds to Protect Forests: A Stream of Potential
Mill Creek had been blocked since early in the last century by a 12-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide dam a quarter mile upstream from its confluence with San Vicente Creek. In September 2021, that dam was removed, but not because of the territory above the dam—the real goal is to restore waters below it.
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Bay Federal raises nearly $11,000 for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
In true sustainable fashion, Bay Federal Credit Union partnered with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to drive their members towards making the eco-friendly switch to paperless billing statements.
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Meet us Under the Redwoods: Join a Free Webinar Series
Join Sempervirens Fund’s ‘Under the Redwoods’ webinar series to explore the beauty, history, science, and benefits of our magnificent redwood forests. In this free series, join experts and thinkers each month to explore our redwood forests and what makes them so special.
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Video Interview: Getting to know Cosmic, a Santa Cruz-based social impact creative agency
Lookout’s own Ashley Holmes sits down with Eric Ressler, Founder and Creative Director at Cosmic, a Santa Cruz-based creative agency, to talk about their work with social impact organizations both locally and across the US.
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Protecting Redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Since the late 1800s Sempervirens Fund has protected more than 35,000 acres of coast redwood forests. Today, they’re working with folks like you to pioneer new models of land preservation and introduce a new era of diverse, well-funded State Parks.
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Second annual RETURN THE FAVOR giving campaign supports 12 local non-profits
The Santa Cruz Community Credit Union (SCCCU) Board of Directors approved a matching gift program to support 12 non-profit organizations in Santa Cruz County. For every dollar people donate to one of these non-profit organizations, the Credit Union will match that gift up to $75,000.