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Eastside / Live Oak / Pleasure Point
Eastside Santa Cruz, Live Oak and Pleasure Point neighborhoods
Posted inFood & Drink
Lily Belli on Food: Chaminade’s Vine to View dinner impresses, filling Ella’s vacancy, Freedom Bakery’s 50th
Around the world of Santa Cruz County food & drink with Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Tuesday evening traffic: Multi-vehicle crash at Crg12/Porter Dr, roadwork on Hwy 1
Tuesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘Pericles’ navigates love, loss and redemption
Pirates, princesses, brothels and shipwrecks — “Pericles” has all the drama of a soap opera with the poetry of Shakespeare, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare gives this wild ride heart and humor. Think “Shakespearean road trip” with emotional payoff and a superb cast.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
In the Public Interest: Why special interests and big donors, not grassroots, will drive the money race in Santa Cruz’s housing measure election
Around Santa Cruz County politics and policy with Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Special interests pour $260,000 into competing Santa Cruz affordable housing measures so far
As the campaigns ramp up for the dueling affordable housing measures on the November ballot in the city of Santa Cruz, nearly all campaign cash has come from special interests — with everyday residents largely sitting out of the fight.
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Monday evening traffic: South Hwy 1 closed until Aug 29, expect delays
Monday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
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Carmageddon: Bay Street redevelopment; 4 takeaways from new passenger train report
The first phase in making Bay Street friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians is set to wrap up this fall on Santa Cruz’s Westside, while a new report offers more details on plans for passenger rail service ahead of Thursday’s RTC public hearing.
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Eaters Digest: Smash Burger at the Point Market in Scotts Valley
Eaters Digest Aug. 1, 2025 Eaters Digest is delivered as a free newsletter via email, as well as on our website. Click here to become a Lookout member – and access all of Lily’s food and beverage reporting. EAT THIS: SMASH BURGER AT THE POINT MARKET IN SCOTTS VALLEY This week, Pleasure Point café The […]
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 1-7
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.