Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: As someone active on TikTok and as a creator and content “consumer,” I want to clear up misconceptions about this platform. It is not just a platform for teens, pranks and dance videos. Political and […]
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Letter to the editor: We need a real bridge over the Pajaro River at Murphy Crossing Road
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I often walked on the levee along the Pajaro River from the Pajaro’s mouth toward the bridge on Murphy Crossing Road between December 2019 and January 2020. I noticed the bridge on Murphy Crossing Road […]
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Letter to the editor: Of course new buildings will change the Santa Cruz vibe
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: My opinion of all the new buildings being built is: overkill. Of course it’s gonna change the Santa Cruz vibe. Things already have been changing drastically with all of the homelessness. It’s a shame that’s […]
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Letter to the editor: As Santa Cruz builds, multistory downtown housing does not have to be ugly
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I was born and raised in Santa Cruz, and haven’t lived here full-time for more than 60 years. But I have had a second home in Santa Cruz since the 1980s, and I visit it […]
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Letter to the editor: CARE Court harkens back to a dark era for mental health
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: It has long been my belief that everyone deserves access to mental health care that meets their needs. No one in our community should be forced to languish, deteriorate and die plagued and disabled by […]
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Letter to the editor: Trust me, gun owners also don’t want disturbed people out there shooting
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Dear Ms. Sternbach, There are probably around 100 million guns owners in this country. Of them, perhaps a few dozen are mentally deranged enough to commit mass murders. Not only is improving mental health awareness […]
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Letter to the editor: Can we all act with a little more kindness?
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Today, one of my husband’s business partners is being transported to a hospital in San Francisco hoping for a heart transplant. He is one of three partners in a business in Pajaro. Since the flooding, […]
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Letter to the editor: Don’t change Cabrillo College name
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, when the crack cocaine epidemic became known to the general population, we all came to realize what the scourge of coke was about. At the same time, Coca Cola’s primary […]
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Letter to the editor: More government ‘push and pull’ needed to make climate-friendly choices easier and cheaper
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I attended the climate change event hosted by the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz and described in Max Chun’s March 17 article. Representatives from organizations that are doing important work to address local environmental […]
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Letter to the editor: Laird sings praises of outgoing Watsonville Community Hospital CEO
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: One of the unsung heroes of the effort to save Watsonville Community Hospital is outgoing CEO Steven Salyer. While the public was focused on the successful campaigns for emergency legislation, a bankruptcy court bid and […]