Happy Friday, folks. It’s blessedly cooler outside this evening and that should lead into a nice weekend for us all. Hope you have something fun planned. After reading Lily Belli’s food dispatches, I’ve always got fun eating adventures in mind. The problem: There’s just too many of them. Quite the problems we’ve got around here! […]
Mark Conley
Follow Mark Conley on: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Mark joins Lookout after 14 years at the Mercury News and Bay Area News Group, where he served as Deputy Sports Editor on a staff that covered three World Series, three Super Bowls, five NBA Finals, a Stanley Cup Final, six Olympic Games and three U.S. Opens over that span. He led enterprise coverage and special projects, and guided the Merc’s premium NFL and MLB magazines to five straight years of top APSE honors.Mark chaired a digital innovation committee and partook in the Table Stakes program that led to the newsroom’s establishment of a digital subscription team and a product development approach to coverage. He helped build brands around Pac-12 and high schools coverage via robust newsletters, social engagement, promotional deals and targeted audience content. Both coverage areas became top digital subscription drivers in the sports department — and the newsroom as a whole.Mark has lived in Santa Cruz County — Westside, Eastside, Midtown and now Capitola — for more than 20 years and has a passion for seeing journalism restored in the place he lives and loves.“This county is such a special place, and it’s as much about the people who choose to live here as the magical geography,” he says. “I’m looking forward to helping tell the stories of Santa Cruz County.”
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LOOKOUT PM: Meet ‘The Weekender’ and the next Omicron subvariant
Happy Thursday evening, my sweaty friends. We should consider an April heatwave a fun weather novelty, but we’re not living where we live because of our hearty resilience to temperature swings. But, hey, it’s back mostly to the 70s tomorrow and then here come some raindrops by Monday! To the headlines we go … Weekender: […]
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LOOKOUT PM: CZU recovery, Starbucks’ young unionizer & the heatwave
Happy Wednesday evening, folks. It was warm and beautiful today, as promised, with more on the way tomorrow. Unless, of course, it was too hot and sweat-inducing, which could be the better description if you live up in the valley. It appears Felton could get up to 93 Thursday with Boulder Creek going as high […]
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Manu the senior supervisor? First-time politico battles ‘tangle of wires,’ resistance to inevitable change
One year and three months into his first political foray, First District County Supervisor Manu Koenig has run into some walls, prodded himself into patience and picked up some things the hard way. But he says he’s learning and doesn’t seem deterred by the challenges he’s come up against thus far.
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LOOKOUT PM: Local beer news, Q&As with a housing expert & a rookie/veteran politico
Happy Tuesday evening, everybody. More details on the warmup that begins tomorrow. Santa Cruz could hit 80 by midday and then creep up to 83 on Thursday. And, if you live in the San Lorenzo Valley, you know how that translates and will want to locate the fans ahead of time. To all of the […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Talking to UCSC student body prez & sorting through Sacto shooting aftermath
Happy Monday evening, my friends. It was another sweetly spring-like day that even included some nicely building swell from the northwest. That is a beautiful thing for many of us here, and I know most of you who read us are pretty keen on the power of the ocean and the respect it always deserves. […]
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‘A marathon at sprint pace’: Matt Huffaker is off to the races as Santa Cruz’s new boss, but can his feet move fast enough?
In the city of Santa Cruz, it’s been a rough, tumultuous stretch for all elected officials and staff trying to triage issues — largely centered around homelessness. New Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker calls this a “medium-size city with big-city problems,” and he’s trying to be the type of leader to facilitate solutions.
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LOOKOUT PM: Eaters Digest, Matt Huffaker and a full slate of puzzles
Happy weekend time, everyone. It will still feel spring-ish weather-wise as salmon season kicks off in the bay, but we’ve got a warm-up coming next week. To the headlines du jour … Bet on the new Bookie’s, salmon streaming in and captivating cookies EATERS DIGEST: Crab season is departing early, but salmon is on deck, […]
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LOOKOUT PM: News on that second booster rollout; houses for the stars, Santa Cruz style
Happy Thursday evening, folks. We’ve got some fresh news you can use on the second booster front, so let’s get right to it … It’s official: A 2nd COVID booster is coming to healthcare providers and pharmacies near you What now? Local pharmacies are already taking appointments while the county and private healthcare providers are […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Do you know the Westside? Big news for Pajaro River project
Happy Wednesday evening, folks. There were a couple of nice honors bestowed upon influential South County women today. We previously featured Ann as one of our 21 for 21 as we launched Lookout in the late fall of 2020 for being one of the true small business warriors during COVID. And Erica was one of […]
