Recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County on New Year’s Eve and a final playlist from Wallace Baine highlight his last newsletter before heading off into retirement.
Arts & Entertainment
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Best 9: Top New Year’s Eve events in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment
Check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County on New Year’s Eve (literally and spiritually) via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Expanding Bad Animal will feature modern Parisian bistro-inspired menu as it reopens its restaurant in January
Bad Animal will reopen its restaurant in January with former Hanloh chef de cuisine Nick Hahn, ending its long-running residency model and shifting the menu from Thai food to a modern Parisian bistro style influenced by both California ingredients and Hahn’s Korean heritage.
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A pelagic perspective on the day waves swept away the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf
The collapse of the end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, one year ago Tuesday, inspired artist Laurel Bushman to create a comic looking at the event from the point of view of a pair of sea lions.
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Newsmakers 2025: Jackie Rogoff’s encounter with fleeting ‘Jeopardy!’ fame
Santa Cruz’s Jackie Rogoff embarked on a “Jeopardy!” journey, never expecting she might win. But she did.
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KAZU still experiencing on-air disruptions
KAZU (90.3FM) is still experiencing disruptions from a long-in-the-making move of its facilities to a new site owned by its parent institution, Cal State Monterey Bay. A spokesman said that the station is experiencing delays in the delivery of equipment to make the station fully functional.
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Photo gallery: Flynn Creek Circus returns to Capitola with new show ‘The Bridge’
Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud goes under the big top in the Capitola Mall parking lot as Mendocino’s Flynn Creek Circus presents its latest show.
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Not a farewell, more of a see-you-later
Lookout correspondent Wallace Baine announces his retirement after more than 35 years of covering Santa Cruz County’s arts and culture beat.
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The Wallace we know
With veteran Santa Cruz County chronicler Wallace Baine stepping away from everyday duties with Lookout, founder and CEO Ken Doctor has an appreciation.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Dec. 19-25
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next holiday week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.