One of the largest multimodal improvement projects in Santa Cruz County is headed to a spring completion, several months earlier than originally planned. Crews will finish the final steps improvements to Soquel Drive in the spring, to avoid weather impacts as much as possible.
Eastside / Live Oak / Pleasure Point
Eastside Santa Cruz, Live Oak and Pleasure Point neighborhoods
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Eaters Digest: Cinnamon bun at Linda’s Seabreeze Cafe
Lily Belli heads to Seabright, where ownership might be new at Linda’s Seabreeze but, rest assured, the cinnamon bun is not going anywhere.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Dec. 6-12
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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Winds of change at Linda’s Seabreeze: Beloved Seabright restaurant under new ownership
In August, the longstanding Linda’s Seabreeze Cafe in the Seabright neighborhood of Santa Cruz came under new ownership for the first time in 26 years. Marcie Bei Magdaleno and her husband, Mark Magdaleno, purchased the beloved breakfast and lunch spot from Tex and Claire Hintze. Bei Magdaleno’s family ran the DeLaveaga Lodge Restaurant for more than 40 years, and she said she plans to keep the Seabreeze the same – while slowly incorporating a few popular dishes from DeLaveaga onto the menu.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Dec. 5-12
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.
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Measure Z, Santa Cruz’s mold-breaking soda tax, passes despite expensive attack from beverage industry
Santa Cruz’s Measure Z, the first soda tax passed in the U.S. since 2018, delivers a rebuke to the beverage industry’s $1.7 million opposition campaign. With legal battles looming, the measure’s success could signal a turning point in using such taxes as a tactic for public health advocacy.
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School district ballot measures: Most districts secure victories, Live Oak falls short
The majority of Santa Cruz County school district bond and parcel tax measures secured victories after a 4 p.m. Tuesday voting update. Live Oak School District’s Measure N was the only bond measure to fail.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Nov. 27-Dec. 5
With the long Thanksgiving 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.
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Lily Belli on Food: Mackenzies’ farewell, Pacific Cookie’s giftable towers and taming the Thanksgiving control freak
Mackenzies Chocolates closing, crab season still on hold, local artists add to Pacific Cookie Company’s appeal, an honor for winemaker Ryan Alfaro and plenty more Santa Cruz County food & drink news in Lily Belli’s pre-Thanksgiving newsletter.
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Winter Wonderland at Simpkins Family Swim Center
Santa Cruz County Parks is holding a free Winter Wonderland celebration at Simpkins Family Swim Center on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 979 17th Ave. in Live Oak.