From a new Beer Thirty and Penny Ice Creamery to wine options from Beauregard, Big Basin and Sante Arcangeli to a local chef returning home from Napa, the new businesses taking shape help bolster this growing feeling of normalcy and new adventure ahead.
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Bay Federal’s leadership program introduces a new way to support workplace culture during a pandemic
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Throwing a stokefest for Ben Kelly: Shark victim’s loved ones pay tribute with inclusive ‘No Contest’
Q&A WITH BEN’s WIFE: In a heartfelt conversation with Lookout, Katie Kelly talks about the daily difficulties of pushing ahead without her husband and the special memories and people who help get her through.
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Bikes, cars and safe cohabitation: Santa Cruz is among the most dangerous cycling counties in the state
Santa Cruz County has three times as many people biking to work as the national average in addition to thriving road cycling and mountain biking scenes. It also is among the state’s leaders in cyclist fatalities and injuries.
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The gateway to the Cement Ship is back — at least part of it. Here’s what we know about the weather-worn pier
Closed for about a year while state parks assessed storm damage, the pier leading to the SS Palo Alto at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos has been deemed safe and is once again accessible to pleased locals.
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Santa Cruz County housing market hits another all-time high: Median sale price at $1.26 million
April prices remained stable in the city of Santa Cruz, at $1.34 million, but rose everywhere else in the county. Aptos recorded the highest median price of $1,555,000, while homes in Watsonville went for a median of $795,000.
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Broadband for all: enabling equal coverage across Monterey Bay
MBEP is launching Equal Access Monterey Bay, a community-based initiative to bring high-speed broadband to families and implement long-term solutions to the region’s broadband challenges of affordability, access, infrastructure, and equity.
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Weird-looking deep-sea fish washes ashore in Newport Beach
The fish, which typically lives thousands of feet underwater, was found in pristine condition at Crystal Cove State Beach.
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WATCH: Drone footage shows sharks are closer to California Coast than you might have thought
Great whites were thought to be somewhat rare in these southern waters, wandering now and then from the wilder coast up north. Most surfers considered it supremely improbable that one of these apex predators was hunting for food at their break.
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Dr. Fernando Lozano: a post-Covid path for the Monterey Bay Region
Dr. Fernando Lozano, Professor of Economics and Chair of the department at Pomona College, gives his take on how the tri-county area will emerge from the pandemic. He is a speaker at MBEP’s upcoming virtual Regional Economic Summit event on May 6, 2021.