With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Eastside / Live Oak / Pleasure Point
Eastside Santa Cruz, Live Oak and Pleasure Point neighborhoods
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Thursday evening traffic: Lane closures on South Hwy 1 and Little Basin Rd
Thursday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
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Wednesday morning traffic: Hit-and-run at Browns Valley Rd; lane closures
Wednesday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
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Santa Cruz County moves to rein in vacation rentals
Santa Cruz County supervisors voted Tuesday to back a slate of new rules designed to cap vacation rentals and expand hotel capacity in the region. The effort, which still requires additional layers of approval, is a bid to preserve housing for local residents in the country’s least affordable rental market.
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Lily Belli on Food: Live Oak school farm’s big steps, chef’s cookbook pop-up at Bantam and wine walk with me
News, notes and recommendations from around Santa Cruz County food & drink, via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Santa Cruz to hold Murray Street Bridge work community meeting
The City of Santa Cruz and the port district are hosting a community meeting on the Murray Street Bridge retrofit Tuesday evening to provide project updates, timelines and expected impacts to community members.
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Monday evening traffic: Lane closures on Hwy 1 and Little Basin Rd
Monday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.
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Live Oak’s school farm gains momentum with $125K matching donation and spring fundraising dinner
The effort to transform an unused baseball field on the Del Mar Elementary School campus into a working farm and educational center for Live Oak School District is closer to reaching its $250,000 funding goal with a $125,000 matching donation from an anonymous donor. This May, the nutrition program will host a farm dinner fundraiser to show the site to community members and support infrastructure and future programs.
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Coastal Rail Trail vision delayed by local hurdles amid uncertainty over state, federal funding
A report detailing Santa Cruz County’s rail trail vision is delayed until at least the fall while officials tackle multiple challenges: mobile home disputes, possible bridge repairs and trail routing questions. The project faces additional uncertainty after the Trump administration paused federal infrastructure funding. Transit leaders are also considering a future ballot measure to help fund operational costs.
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Friday evening traffic: Lane closures on Hwy 1 and Little Basin Rd
Friday traffic trouble spots around Santa Cruz County.