The SafeRx project aims to distribute Narcan to six local bars, three in North County and three in South County. The organization has successfully partnered with one establishment thus far, the Slough Brewing Collective in Watsonville, and hopes to collaborate with several more in the new year.
Kate Hull
Kate Hull (she/her) joins Lookout as part of her fall internship in the Science Communications master’s degree program at UC Santa Cruz. Kate’s background is in neuroscience, and she spent the past four years doing addiction research in Kentucky and Chicago.Kate is excited to combine her loves of science and storytelling to make scientific findings more accessible to the public. In her free time, Kate loves spending time outdoors and can be found hiking, surfing or lounging on the beach. She is excited to live in Santa Cruz, where she can actually do all of these activities.
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How climate change is reshaping the Christmas tree
As climate change causes extended periods of drought and warm temperatures, even hardy Christmas trees are struggling to thrive. This has spurred some Santa Cruz-area Christmas tree farmers to become more innovative in their approach to growing the trees. It also means your Christmas tree might look a little different in future years.
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Bivalve boom? Researchers work to restore Elkhorn Slough’s Olympia oysters
A new generation of Olympia oysters has officially taken up residence in Elkhorn Slough. Scientists hope breeding oysters in the lab and returning baby oysters to the slough will help the mollusks to rebound from the brink of extinction.
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UCSC faculty, students rally with academic workers as UC strike stretches on with little progress
Hundreds of humanities students, undergraduates and faculty marched with STEM graduate student researchers Friday, shutting down traffic on High Street near the UC Santa Cruz campus. Nearly 48,000 academic workers began striking across the UC system Monday for higher wages and better benefits.
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A bagel evolution: Holey Roller reborn as Laundromat Bagels, adds S.F. restaurant
A Santa Cruz County farmers market favorite, Laundromat Bagels (formerly Holey Roller Bagels) has officially opened its new restaurant, The Laundromat SF, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco.
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Little fish, big splash: Coho salmon’s Mill Creek debut stuns conservationists
Coho salmon have been documented for the first time in Mill Creek, to the surprise of ecologists and conservationists alike. Their appearance in the San Vicente Redwoods stream comes just one year after the removal of the Mill Creek dam.
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Thirty-nine years in the making, Billy Bob Orchards offers 22 apple varieties through fall and winter
How do you match your taste buds to the apples of the moment? Karen Peixoto and Watsonville’s Billy Bob Orchards, fixtures at several Santa Cruz County farmers markets, will help you find the perfect pairings.