Crews will be performing annual maintenance work on the San Lorenzo River levee in Santa Cruz through mid-October “to ensure continued protection against flooding.”
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$4.35 million grant will extend broadband in Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Cruz-based Surfnet Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it will implement three grants totaling $4.3 million in partnership with the nonprofit California Broadband Alliance to extend fiber broadband to communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grants were awarded by the California Public Utilities Commission.
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Proposals sought for public art project at Floral County Park
Santa Cruz County is looking for an artist to create a site-specific public art installation at Floral County Park, located at 656 38th Ave. in Pleasure Point. The budget for the project is $6,750.
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Floating walkway, new signs to be unveiled at Neary Lagoon
The City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation and Public Works departments, in partnership with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, on Tuesday will celebrate the completion of improvements to the Neary Lagoon Wildlife Refuge Interpretive Trail, made possible by a grant from the California Habitat Conservation Fund.
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In survey, Santa Cruz County seniors cite financial hardship, housing worries
To help local agencies and cities best serve the aging population, the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department is developing a Master Plan for Aging. This week, the agency announced preliminary results of a survey focused on what older local adults say are their most critical needs.
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Santa Cruz County is searching for a new poet laureate
Applications are open for the title of 2025-26 Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate. The person chosen for the honor will succeed Farnaz Fatemi, who has held the title for its 2023-24 term.
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Pajaro Valley school administrator charged with sexual assault
Ivan Alcaraz, executive director of student services at Pajaro Valley Unified School District, has been placed on administrative leave after being charged by Watsonville police with sexual assault on Sept. 3. Alcaraz, 37, of Watsonville, has worked in the district for more than a decade, including as assistant principal at Watsonville High School, principal at Rolling Hills High School and the district’s director of student services.
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Santa Cruz County Fair 2024: What you need to know
The 2024 Santa Cruz County Fair will open Wednesday for five days of food, rides, agricultural exhibition and competition and entertainment including a monster truck show, a Taylor Swift tribute band and colorful nightly drone shows.
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Sunday Reads: A local caving legend and a new take on a game-show fave
SUNDAY READS Sept. 8, 2024 Conversation with an accidental caving legend — the guy who drew the map of Santa Cruz’s notorious ‘Hell Hole’ Lookout Community Voices contributor Daniel DeLong manages to score an interview with the elusive Binky the Wonderdog, known for having made the hand-drawn map used by hundreds to navigate the depths […]
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Lookout nominated for national Scripps Howard Award for 2023 storm coverage
Lookout has been nominated for “Excellence in Breaking News” for our reporting on the series of atmospheric rivers that caused widespread flooding, landslides and ocean swells across Santa Cruz County in January 2023. The coverage also won a Pulitzer Prize in May. Other Scripps Howard Award finalists in the category are the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. The winner will be announced Oct. 20.