California just suffered its driest January and February in more than a century. Water officials tell residents to brace for a third year of drought.
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Morning Lookout: Santa Cruz counting its homeless; local Ukraine war protest
Hello, hello, hello! It’s Monday, Feb. 28, and Santa Cruz County has a warm winter day ahead, with highs into the mid- and even upper 70s. Today brings the latest effort to tally the local unhoused population, with officials and volunteers fanning out across the county early this morning to begin the effort. Lookout correspondents […]
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Fighting rages on in Ukraine as talks with Russia begin
Talks between Russia and Ukraine open Monday amid skepticism that they would produce any breakthrough to halt Europe’s biggest ground war in 75 years.
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Sunday Reads: Unhoused Santa Cruz series continues
Unhoused Santa Cruz: A ‘proper place’ for the homeless? Push to spread the burden stirs NIMBY backlash Part III: Neighborhoods are receiving little advance information about newly streamlined projects as the state of California and the county of Santa Cruz move to rapidly build new housing. As Project Homekey-funded projects pop up around the county, […]
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Morning Lookout: Local Starbucks continue union push; Biden’s historic SCOTUS pick
Top of the morning to you, Lookout friends! Today is Friday, Feb. 25, and another pleasant winter day is ahead after this frosty start, with highs into the 60s around Santa Cruz County and a slight warming trend as we slide into the weekend. Much to cover this morning, including … A historic pick for […]
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Morning Lookout: ‘War in Europe’; good news for Watsonville Hospital
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak unprecedented impacts on the housing market, there are several indications…
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Russia widens its attack on Ukraine: ‘We now have war in Europe’
Explosions resounded in Ukraine’s cities, airstrikes crippled its defenses and reports emerged of Russian troops entering by land and sea.
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For Ukrainians in California, Russia’s attack on Ukraine is ‘very personal’
As word spread of the Russian incursion after weeks of failed diplomacy, California’s Ukrainian diaspora watched, stunned but not surprised.
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Morning Lookout: A uniquely Santa Cruz 2/22/22 moment and more
Kaiser Permanente has partnered with systems change agency SupplyBank.org to disperse donations of sanitizing wipes, N95…
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Morning Lookout: The issue of unhoused families, meet a student on an important mission at UCSC
Hello there, my Santa Cruzans — happy Tuesday-that-feels-like-Monday! You know, the one that makes you jam a lot more into those other four days to make the week feel whole! At least I hope we all got some decent spurts of RnR in on Monday. If so, that makes it all worth it. This is […]