With the weekend nearly here, get your B9 shot in the form of Baine’s Nine, Wallace Baine’s recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Laurie Love on Wine: High on the ’24 harvest, Equinox update, Rosscienda grand opening
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love talks to local viticulturists about how this year’s wine grape harvest is shaping up, reports on next steps for Equinox Wine after the death of owner Barry Jackson and previews a new Aptos winery.
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Lily Belli on Food: More craft beer coming to Aptos, 11th Hour’s facelift and Cocktail Week becomes Cocktail Month
Get a tour of the latest in Santa Cruz County food & drink from Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Seaside’s Other Brother Beer plans new satellite taproom in Aptos
Seaside-based Other Brother Beer Co. has signed a lease on the former Doon To Earth tasting room space on Parade Street in Aptos Village. The five co-owners plan to open a satellite taproom, with food and events, in late 2025.
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Stretch of southbound Highway 1 will close Monday night
Southbound Highway 1 will close at Park Avenue from 11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, to accommodate work on north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements between the Bay Avenue/Porter Street and State Park Drive interchanges.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Oct. 4-10
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Letter to the editor: PVUSD needs new board leadership
In a letter to the editor, a Watsonville High School teacher describes “outrageous” situation at a recent meeting for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District governing board and pushes for new leadership in the body.
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Paving will cause Highway 1 delays near Aptos
A 4-mile paving project will cause delays on Highway 1 in southern Santa Cruz County over the next three weeks. There will be overnight ramp and lane closures at various locations from about a mile north of the bridge at Buena Vista Drive in Watsonville to the bridge at Rio Del Mar Boulevard in Aptos.
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At Open Farm Tours, visitors explore small farms from Ben Lomond to Aromas
This October, 13 small, family-run farms will open their doors for Open Farm Tours, an annual event inspired by Open Studios Art Tour that invites visitors to discover the inner workings of farms, nurseries and orchards throughout Santa Cruz County.
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Letter to the editor: I’m an educator voting for Kim De Serpa
In a letter to the editor, former Pajaro Valley Unified School District interim superintendent Murry Schekman outlines his support for District 2 Santa Cruz County supervisor candidate Kim De Serpa.
