Special offer: Double your impact
Become a member and fill a backpack with school supplies for a local student in need
Lookout Santa Cruz has partnered with United Way Santa Cruz County to support the 17th annual Stuff the Bus campaign, which provides free backpacks full of school supplies to local students experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity and other hardships.
Join now and Lookout will donate 10% of your membership fee to Stuff the Bus — and your contribution is being matched, meaning every new annual membership is a full backpack for a student in need.
Lookout Santa Cruz is a homegrown, digital-only news source serving Santa Cruz County since 2020. Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting, Lookout Santa Cruz supports the community with trustworthy local journalism and free access programs for students and teachers. Members get unlimited access to all Lookout’s reporting and can double their impact for local students during this special membership campaign.
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Monthly membership
$17
/4 weeks
Renews automatically every 4 weeks. Cancel anytime.
MOST IMPACT
One-for-One annual membership
$365
/year
($1 per day)
Renews automatically annually. Cancel anytime.
For every One-for-One membership, Lookout provides free access to an additional local teacher.
What you support:
- Stuff the Bus exclusive: Fill two backpacks for students in need.
- Free access for a local teacher
- Expanded translation of articles into Spanish
annual membership
Special intro rate:
$165
/first year
Renews automatically at $199 annually. Cancel anytime.
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Member benefits
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Top-notch local journalism
Care about education? Politics and policy? Arts and culture? Food and drink? Our Pulitzer Prize winning team is made up of full-time journalists covering the topics you care about most, every day and through the day. Your membership supports all this work.
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UNLIMITED ACCESS EVERYWHERE
Dive into all our content—on the app and on our website—with no limits. The Lookout app is available now in both the Apple App and Google Play Store. In the app, listen to the day’s top headlines on the go with our exclusive member-only feature.
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Insider events
We love our members and invite you to events of the season, from Wallace Baine’s Trivia Nights to unique partnered events with local businesses and non-profits. Plus we have a few more perks to surprise you with in the year ahead.
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Support of student programs
Lookout’s unique student program allows 42,000 high school and college students to get real local news, through your generous support. We’re building civic awareness and democracy one student at a time. Learn more here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Being a Lookout Member means you have paid to get full access to our site and to support our work and mission. Plus, members receive additional, special benefits such as direct access to our newsroom, insider access to special events and experiences, Lookout merchandise, and more.
You are welcome to share your membership within your household. You can do this by simply sharing the email address associated with your membership and your Lookout sign-in password. Since Lookout Santa Cruz is largely paid for by reader membership, we ask you not to share more widely.
Yes! Lookout memberships are FREE for UCSC, Cabrillo, local high school students and local high school educators. Visit lookout.co/students to sign up and gain access.
We do. Whether you’re looking to purchase memberships for your employees, or offer them special discounted memberships, Lookout has flexible plans to meet your needs. Business memberships begin at 3 individuals or more, and can be tailored per company or organization. Contact membership@lookoutlocal.com to get in touch.
Yes! The Lookout app is available now in both the Apple App and Google Play Store. Members can log into the app with their username and password to enjoy unlimited access to all our content and additional in-app exclusive benefits.
More questions?
Reach out to Brittany Ramirez at santacruz@lookoutlocal.com