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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B9: Nine necessary arts and entertainment know-abouts for the week ahead
Here they are, nine events and happenings carefully curated just for you. It’s the midsummer’s-dream B9 list:
Posted inFood & Drink
Laurie Love on Wine: Five decades of Mount Eden chardonnay, La Posta’s big old bottles and Salamandre’s Shoemaker retires
Laurie Love recounts her recent tasting of 12 vintages of Mount Eden Vineyards chardonnays going back to 1986, has a dispatch from a “Cru Night” in Seabright and celebrates Wells Shoemaker as he closes down Aptos’ Salamandre Wine Cellars. She also notes the passing of Napa pioneer Warren Winiarski and previews upcoming local wine events in her biweekly column.
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Camping ordinance iced as Santa Cruz County wildfire fears grow
Hearing a public desperately concerned about increasing wildfire risk, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to stall a proposal that would have expanded camping opportunities on private property throughout the county.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
In the Public Interest: Can a policy that increases wildfire risk be a good policy?
Inside Santa Cruz County politics and policy with Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely.
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‘Blue Mind’ environmentalist and ‘Slow Coast’ advocate Wallace J. Nichols dies at 56
Entrepreneurial scientist Wallace J. Nichols created the Blue Mind movement from his home on Santa Cruz County’s rugged North Coast. “I wish you water,” he offered the world, and gave away blue marbles to friends and fans as a keepsake as he plumbed the deep-seated human attraction to water.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, May 31-June 6
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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Enrollment decline, budget worries add urgency to consolidation talk across Santa Cruz County’s 10 school districts
The backlash over Live Oak School District’s budget cuts has renewed questions among teachers, parents and even some trustees over whether Live Oak – and other school districts like it – should be folded into neighboring districts to save money. The idea also has its critics.
Posted inHousing & Development
Thousands of Santa Cruz homeowners scramble to find new insurance after State Farm non-renewals
Nearly 4,300 Santa Cruz County residents learned recently that State Farm isn’t renewing their home insurance policies as part of a broad pullback by the insurance giant across the state. Several told Lookout they’re concerned about rising costs and risks.
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School district ballot measures: Live Oak, Happy Valley, Pacific Elementary all pass
As of Tuesday afternoon’s election update, all three Santa Cruz County school districts had scored victories in a handful of bonds and parcel tax measures.