Happy Tuesday evening, folks. We’ve got the latest news on how the second booster rollout might go and the latest signs of food and drink events coming back to life here in the near future. If you’re in the 50+ crowd (almost but not quite for me) one might be good before embarking on the […]
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: Rain drops, homelessness action plans & Big Foot
A happy soggy Monday evening to you all out there. The spring showers don’t want to leave us quite yet apparently, and so we continue to soak in a bit more much-needed moisture. Hope that didn’t put too much of a damper on anyone’s commute. Some real good news out of Sacramento for so many […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Food news you can use & Planned Parenthood’s next big moment
Happy Friday evening, folks. Looks like some more almost-April showers headed our way. And I don’t need to tell you that we’ll take any little bit we can get. Now to the headlines du jour we go … Achilles by the Sea has heart; Humble Sea partners with East End Gastropub EATERS DIGEST: The look […]
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Ask Lookout: It’s looking like construction on the Fishhook might finally be completed soon — will it?
In this installment of Ask Lookout, we examine the latest chapter in the long and tangled history of an interchange that almost became a triple-decker, L.A.-style interchange back in the late 1990s.
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LOOKOUT PM: Fishing for good traffic news; inspiration of a classic cartoonist
Good evening, folks. Another epic day after the coastal fog burned off. Here’s a cool look at how that fog behaved this morning. Now to those Thursday night headlines … Ask Lookout: It’s looking like construction on the Fishhook might finally be completed soon — will it? Gone Fishhooking: In this installment of Ask Lookout, […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Meet DA Heather Rogers + the power women of Jewel Theatre
Good evening, everybody. Another fantastically beautiful day in paradise. Hope you got out there away from a keyboard or device of any kind and enjoyed it. I didn’t! But tomorrow is another day. To the busy day of headlines … The first public defender in Santa Cruz County history, doesn’t see cases, only people Q&A […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Meet DA Heather Rogers + the power women of Jewel Theatre
Good evening, everybody. Another fantastically beautiful day in paradise. Hope you got out there away from a keyboard or device of any kind and enjoyed it. I didn’t! But tomorrow is another day. To the busy day of headlines … The first public defender in Santa Cruz County history, doesn’t see cases, only people Q&A […]
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LOOKOUT PM: Some good news on the Santa Cruz outdoor dining front
Good evening, folks, and thanks for joining us here at Lookout PM headquarters. A nice bit of Santa Cruz pride to be taken in the news that native daughter of the Westside, and Stanford junior, Haley Jones, is among the final four of player-of-the-year candidates in women’s college basketball. The reigning national champion Cardinal (29-3), […]
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A plan for 300 on-campus beds for Cabrillo College students? Here’s how that is taking shape
Cabrillo — and UC Santa Cruz — tried to tap a new $2 billion state fund to build on-campus housing. While it was shut out for the first year of a three-year program, Cabrillo moves ahead with its planning for its first on-campus units.
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LOOKOUT PM: A closer look at the enrollment struggle for California’s JCs
Happy Monday evening, folks. Here comes some warm temperatures. To those headlines… A plan for 300 on-campus beds for Cabrillo College students? Here’s how that is taking shape A developing plan: Cabrillo — and UC Santa Cruz — tried to tap a new $2 billion state fund to build on-campus housing. While it was shut […]