With Santa Cruz County’s sustainability plan moving toward approval, one notoriously independent surf-centered…
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COVID Dashboard: COVID numbers continue to improve nationwide; Biden says pandemic is over
News of the week COVID trends remain good as summer fades and leaves begin to change color. More than 50% of U.S. counties are officially in the “low” COVID-19 community level, and more than 35% are in the “medium” level. It is worth noting, however, that about 82% of U.S. counties remain in the “high” […]
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Lookout PM: The Boardwalk’s global student workers, Seymour Center’s new director, part 3 of our PTSD series
When traumatic events don’t receive some level of post-processing, they linger there until the day they don’t. For the…
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COVID Dashboard: UCSF and San Mateo County Health to study long COVID
News of the week COVID news has been good lately. Omicron-targeting boosters are out, and the Bay Area as a whole is seeing its lowest case counts since April. Locally, cases continue to drop. Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency listed 778 active cases, 216 fewer than last Tuesday. No new […]
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Lookout PM: Bay Area COVID surge ending, a police mental health culture shift, and a West Cliff development
Two years after Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller was murdered, the recognition of post-traumatic stress…
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COVID Dashboard: Bay Area COVID surge heading to its end. Will winter look different?
News of the week Weeks of declining COVID numbers have had Bay Area residents breathing sighs of relief after a big summer wave. The same can be said for this week, as case numbers dipped to their lowest levels since April. Good news, of course. But as always, health experts remain cautious, reminding the public […]
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Sunday Reads: Let’s talk about stuttering & Shakespeare’s modern-day relevance
Three years to the day after the fatal blaze off the Santa Barbara Coast, a federal judge in Los Angeles tossed an…
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Lookout PM: An update on Conception boat captain; weekend food news
Three years to the day after the fatal blaze off the Santa Barbara Coast, a federal judge in Los Angeles tossed an…
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Lookout PM: An update on Conception boat captain; weekend food news
Three years to the day after the fatal blaze off the Santa Barbara Coast, a federal judge in Los Angeles tossed an…
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Judge throws out indictment vs. captain in Conception boat fire that killed 34, including 6 from Santa Cruz County
Three years to the day after the fatal blaze off the Santa Barbara Coast, a federal judge in Los Angeles tossed an indictment of seaman’s manslaughter against Jerry Boylan, saying prosecutors hadn’t properly specified gross negligence on the dive boat captain’s part.