Santa Cruz’s famous sea otter, 841, has given birth to a wee pup — suggesting that erratic behavior including pilfering surfboards could have been hormonally driven.
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Children’s theater lights up the stage this weekend with ‘Matilda’ and ‘The Addams Family’
Forget Halloween — if you really want to see children delight in costumes and festivities, check out two theater productions slated for this weekend. Christian Youth Theater in Santa Cruz brings a new take on Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” to the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College, while All About Theatre stages a season-appropriate production of “The Addams Family” at the London Nelson Community Center.
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Lookout PM: New restaurants heading to downtown SC, athlete of the month, and Otter 841’s new pup
Ten new food and beverage businesses are planned to open in downtown Santa Cruz, at least two within the next few…
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Morning Lookout: Día de Los Muertos in Watsonville, Scotts Valley wine destination, UCSC bus woes
Sebastián Valdez, a third-year psychology major, loves UC Santa Cruz, but is frustrated by the high student fees for…
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U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate tipping points. California is nearing several
The tipping points include groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat, species extinction, melting glaciers and space debris.
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Lookout PM: Weekender, high-end wine in Scotts Valley, and UCSC bus concerns
Ben Lomond resident Mark Bright is the beverage director and co-founder of Saison Hospitality Group and a respected…
Posted inFood & Drink
From Burgundy to the Santa Cruz Mountains, Saison’s Mark Bright brings fine wine to new Scotts Valley wine bar
Ben Lomond resident Mark Bright is the beverage director and co-founder of Saison Hospitality Group and a respected sommelier. Now, he’s bringing his wine knowledge and passion to Scotts Valley with the opening of Saison Cellar & Wine Bar, which will focus on hand-selected wines from Europe, particularly Burgundy, France, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Watsonville springs to life honoring the dead for Día de Los Muertos
“It’s really important that people know this is not Mexican Halloween,” the director of the Watsonville Film Festival says of Día de Los Muertos, being celebrated this weekend at the downtown plaza and elsewhere. “The essence of each is very different. Halloween is all about being scary and funny, and though Day of the Dead can be funny, too, they just come from different places.”
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Morning Lookout: Checking Pajaro Valley’s groundwater ‘overdraft,’ Hotel Paradox facelift & food news
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko goes inside the…
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Some Pajaro Valley farms are paid to solve California’s water crisis by returning stormwater to the ground
Can agriculture, long considered a drain on the state’s water resources, help solve California’s water crisis? In the Pajaro Valley, some farmers are being paid to return stormwater to the ground. The effort is part of a joint project among local agencies, landowners and UC Santa Cruz to install groundwater recharge basins on some local farms. Participating farms receive cash rebates based on how much water they capture. But while early results are promising, many challenges remain.