With a shark attack in Pacific Grove last week the latest scare in Monterey Bay and Fourth of July weekend ahead, many might be nervous as they hit the beach. Lookout talked to those who monitor the area between Aptos and New Brighton State Beach known as “Shark Park” to find out the latest on what they’re seeing.
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Parenting with Omicron: Santa Cruz families with young kids tell their stories of a ‘lost month’
Farmworkers, teachers, nurses, physical therapists and writers — all parents — had to scramble as the virus upended their lives. Lookout parenting columnist Liza Monroy talks with four local families — from Watsonville to Ben Lomond — about their experience with Omicron.
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The Omicron experience: Families with young children — including mine — still face pandemic purgatories
In the first of a two-part series on parenting through Omicron, Liza Monroy writes about the jarring experience of COVID hitting her Santa Cruz household, the effects of a “lost month” on her family, and the lingering impact.
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Ask Lookout: Did the Virgin Mary actually once visit a lake in Watsonville?
Thirty years ago Friday, an apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe visited Anita Mendoza Contreras at Pinto Lake, turning a sleepy county park into a pilgrimage site. The timing was impeccable, Wallace Baine writes.
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‘I do belong here’: A community leader explains how the outdoors can feel like a scary, non-inclusive place
Says local United Way head Keisha Browder: “We went to Natural Bridges and then to Henry Cowell. And it was like, ‘Wow.’ So beautiful. And I’m saying, ‘I do belong here.’” She is participating Sunday in the second annual Liberation Paddle Out, part of Santa Cruz’s celebration of Juneteenth.
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7 close to home RV getaways around Santa Cruz
Summer has arrived, your boss has approved your time off, and your DIY camper project is (mostly) done. The only thing dampening your excitement is the price of gas. No one wants to go broke just for some rest and relaxation. That’s why Bay Federal Credit Union, a not-for-profit cooperative with the mission of making […]
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Museum takes a fond look back at Seabright’s legendary Castle Beach
A new exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History features photos and artifacts from the castle that sat near the entrance to what is now Seabright Beach until its destruction in 1967. What in 1929 was a Hollywood-inspired Moorish fantasy now can be remembered by new generations of Santa Cruzans.
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MOMuments offers unique Santa Cruz twist on Kondo decluttering
Westside artist Sarah Buckius turns motherhood’s labors into art, and is encouraging Santa Cruz moms and caregivers to share their sculptures of childhood clutter as a community compendium.