From bike shops that keep wheels spinning to gyms that leave you feeling empowered, surf shops stacked with gear and u-pick farms bursting with fresh goodies, the 2025 Lookout List: Activities & Outdoor winners and runners-up are the local favorites everyone is talking about.
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Sunday Reads: Dag Weiser’s last Halloween extravaganza; support for Santa Cruz’s Measure C
Specially curated news stories from Lookout Santa Cruz correspondents and Community Voices opinion pieces from contributors.
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Sunday Reads: Tech prophet Jaron Lanier’s musical roots; moving the goalposts on pesticides near schools
Specially curated stories from Lookout correspondents and opinion pieces from contributors.
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Athletes from Australia, Canada set new course records at Santa Cruz’s Ironman 70.3
Australia’s Sam Appleton and Canada’s Tamara Jewett won the Santa Cruz Ironman 70.3 on Sunday, setting new course records among the nearly 2,300 participants in the annual race.
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Cast your votes and spread the word — nominations are now open for The Lookout List!
The Lookout List is an annual countywide celebration of the people, places and businesses that make our community thrive.
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Tsunami advisory lifted for most of California coast, including Santa Cruz County
Residents and visitors are still advised to be cautious near the water and remain aware of changing conditions.
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Tom Lehrer, musical satirist who taught math at UC Santa Cruz, dies
Tom Lehrer, the popular music satirist who taught musical mathematics at UC Santa Cruz among other universities, died Saturday at the age of 97 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
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Three Monterey men ID’d as occupants of small plane that crashed off coast of Pacific Grove
Three Monterey County men perished after a twin-engine Beechcraft aircraft crashed into the waters off Pacific Grove near Point Pinos Saturday night.
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Safeway workers in Bay Area, Santa Cruz County, reach deal to avert strike
A tentative agreement between Safeway and two United Food and Commercial Workers unions has averted what would have been the first regional strike against the grocery chain in nearly 30 years, union officials said on Friday.
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Best of Santa Cruz County live music events, July 18-23
A curated list of upcoming live music around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.