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.
Capitola & Soquel
Posted inFood & Drink
Eaters Digest: Bo Thai at Dharma’s
Capitola vegetarian/vegan mainstay Dharma’s is Lily Belli’s go-to this week.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
High school sports roundup: Aptos, Santa Cruz lead local contingent into CCS hoops quarters
The Santa Cruz High and Aptos High boys and girls basketball teams are moving toward possible collisions in the Division III Central Coast Section basketball playoffs. Other local schools advancing include the Soquel High boys and girls teams from Scotts Valley High, St. Francis High, Pacific Collegiate and Monte Vista Christian.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
‘Never seen anything so dire’: Santa Cruz County running low on funds thanks to climate change
Responding to presidentially declared climate disasters over the past seven years has left Santa Cruz County in debt worth tens of millions of dollars. County leadership said disaster debt will be one of the premier challenges for the county moving forward.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
High school sports roundup: Santa Cruz High, Aptos High capture SCCAL basketball titles
Tournament championships were on the line over the weekend in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League basketball, with Santa Cruz High taking the boys crown and Aptos High winning on the girls side.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Perfect for the winter chill: A guide to Santa Cruz summer fun ahead
The 100th birthday of the grand old Giant Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk and a record-breaking season of theater at Santa Cruz Shakespeare are among the things to look forward to in the summer of 2024.
Posted inFood & Drink
Pretty Good Advice brings farm-to-table vegetarian cuisine to downtown Santa Cruz
Soquel-based Pretty Good Advice opened a second location on Pacific Avenue on Feb. 1, bringing its seasonal, fast-food menu of breakfast sandwiches, burgers, salads and sides to downtown Santa Cruz.
Posted inLatest News
Theo Lengyel, partner of missing Capitola woman Alyx Herrmann, arraigned in Santa Cruz
Theo Lengyel was arraigned in Santa Cruz Superior Court on Thursday after being charged with murdering his girlfriend, Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann. He has entered a not-guilty plea and his preliminary hearing setting date has been set for April 4.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Clashing on the issues: District 1 county supervisor candidates, Measure M debaters take the stage
In Lookout’s second candidate forum of the 2024 election season, candidates vying to represent District 1 on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and both Measure M advocates and opponents took to the stage to discuss and debate everything from transit and budgets to housing and inclusionary rates. The primary election is set for March 5.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Can Treasure Cove become Santa Cruz County’s second truly inclusive playground?
Tricia Wiltshire, founder of LEO’s Haven at Chanticleer County Park, says children with disabilities are often unable to access traditional playgrounds, denying them a birthright of childhood: the ability to play with their friends and families. But Santa Cruz County is a community capable of rallying around a cause. She thinks that should be to create play spaces where everyone can belong – and she’s working to make that happen in Capitola, with Treasure Cove at Jade Street Park.