Letter to the Editor

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor, It is not just COVID-19 and online shopping that is leading to empty storefronts downtown. It would be benefitting to the readers if Lookout would detail how hard it is for retailers to deal with […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. Thank you for publishing the excellent rebuttal (“Stick to Santa Cruz’s downtown library and affordable housing plans: don’t fall for ODOF’s two big mistakes”) to the ODOF arguments against the proposed new downtown library and affordable housing project. […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: The Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds livestock barns that were critical during the CZU Fire evacuations might cease to be available for area family livestock during emergencies, depending on public input at the Fair Board July […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Thank you for Jody Biehl’s interview with Dr. Laetitia Oderman, who is truly a local hero. As one of Dr. Oderman’s many appreciative patients, I’ll add that she’s not only a principled champion of women’s […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: My senior citizen friends were sent to sleep on the streets in a tent handed to them by Santa Cruz County workers. We have been trying to get them housing for months and we have […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Faith Brown’s article (and others like hers) are hard because they force us to look inward and acknowledge deep truths. But alongside those feelings, I felt enlightened with a deeper sense of understanding. Can we […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. The pool at Simpkins Family Swim Center recently reopened after months of renovation, but now there is no longer a portable lift available for people with physical limitations to use for the large pool. There is a stationary […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Many of us were pleased to hear that a number of local Safeways will now carry cage-free eggs from Glaum Egg Ranch. In recent years, hundreds of major companies — such as Panda Express, Outback […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Today, three neighborhood children playing in the sun were nearly flattened in my driveway by a Porsche whipping in to turn around and cruise back down Gladys Avenue to get a parking space to go […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: In both Parkland, Florida, and Uvalde, Texas, mass shootings happened with horrific consequences at schools with school resource officers. SROs are not the answer to keeping our children safe. A recent Lookout article about last […]