PHOTOS: Crews worked seven days a week to fill in a canyon-sized gap and reinforce the roadway’s base. Some finishing work will continue after the highway reopens, reconnecting the Bay Area to Southern California unimpeded along the coast.
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.
Posted inPandemic Life
Join us Wednesday for ‘Santa Cruz Is Open’ and see how tourism’s rebirth is shaping up
In our next free event in Lookout’s COVID 2021 series, we explore how local tourism, amusement, museum and other reopenings are shaping up — and what that means for you, your family and the region’s economy.
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Santa Cruz weather watch: Wind gusts through Wednesday — with warmer temperatures to follow
Winds aren’t expected to be prolonged enough to warrant high wind advisories and warnings, though the National Weather Service is advising residents to secure outdoor furniture and be prepared for gusts while driving.
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Benefits of shopping local: keeping it close to home
Buying locally produced food and goods benefits you and your community in more ways than you think.
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Improving housing progress through clearer insight into housing-water linkages
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s (MBEP) Blue Paper makes recommendations to address water-related barriers to housing.
Posted inCOVID 2022
One year after shelter-in-place, a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Santa Cruz County
All indications are that on March 16, 2021 — exactly one year after Santa Cruz County residents began staying home to begin navigating life in a global pandemic — things are finally looking up. In the meantime, Lookout looks back.
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Santa Cruz County district attorney joins patient safety lawsuit against senior living giant Brookdale
Brookdale operates a senior housing campus in Scotts Valley that isn’t part of the lawsuit, which singles out 10 Brookdale skilled nursing facilities. But District Attorney Jeffrey Rosell says it’s important to be part of the case anyway. Brookdale denies the allegations.
Posted inEducation
UCSC police report burglaries of drones, laptops, other electronics from Coastal Science Campus
UC Santa Cruz police are investigating a pair of burglaries at the Coastal Biology Building and are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect or suspects.
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County urges people to vaccinate dogs after dozens of distemper cases found in raccoons, coyotes
The first case of distemper in a wild animal was discovered in Santa Cruz County on Feb. 17, and, since then, animal shelter officials have responded to two new cases each day on average. Here’s what you can do to keep your dog safe.
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WATCH: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers 2021 ‘State of the State’ speech Tuesday at Dodger Stadium
Facing a recall effort, Newsom is addressing Californians from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles at 6 p.m.