In this week’s roundup of Santa Cruz County high school sports action, Thomas Frey recaps a tight Santa Cruz Athletic League baseball race, softball heroics, a boys tennis showdown and happenings in the pool.
Capitola & Soquel
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New club to bring competitive pinball to Santa Cruz County ‘pinheads’
A new club in Soquel, expected to open by the end of April, is looking to take advantage of a new interest in an old favorite, the great American pinball machine.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, April 12-18
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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Lily Belli on Food: Chef Majano’s welcome return, Palapas changing hands and Taste of Terroir
A taste of Santa Cruz County’s food and drink scene from Lily Belli.
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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.
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Eaters Digest: Babà at Emozioni Pasticceria
Lily Belli heads to Soquel Village for a classic Neapolitan treat.
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Highway 1 closure in Capitola on for this weekend
Work originally scheduled to shut down Highway 1 in March is on track for this Saturday evening into Sunday evening, shutting down the freeway between the Park Avenue and Bay Avenue/Porter Street exits.
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A year after leaving Live Oak, Italian bakery Emozioni opens in Soquel Village
In March, a year after leaving its former home inside Lago di Como restaurant in Live Oak, Emozioni Pasticceria opened a storefront in Soquel. The Italian bakery specializes in traditional Neapolitan desserts and pizza.
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The centennial man: Visionary painter Richard Mayhew reaches a milestone
Known for landscapes that dance daringly close to pure abstraction in an art career shaped by his Black and Indigenous ethnic heritage, longtime Santa Cruz County resident Richard Mayhew turns 100 on Wednesday. His art show “Inner Terrain” is on now at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, where this week his milestone will also be feted with a First Friday reception.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Board of supervisors fails to approve two sections of Coastal Rail Trail
With Supervisor Zach Friend recusing himself Tuesday, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors deadlocked on the staff recommendation to approve Segments 10 and 11 of the Coastal Rail Trail, running between 17th Avenue in Live Oak and State Park Drive in Aptos.