UC Santa Cruz’s decentralized, woodsy campus has made hosting big student events challenging, but after putting on a…
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Morning Lookout: Hwy. 1 update, DEI lawsuit at UCSC, Santa Cruz bond delay & Neighborhood Courts
After initially aiming for a March 2024 vote, community members participating in drafting a long-sought…
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Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey weighs U.S. Senate bid
Former Dodgers and Padres star Steve Garvey’s celebrity could upend California’s 2024 U.S. Senate race, if he decides to jump in.
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Morning Lookout: Mastodon tooth finds home, unifying UCSC through music & OTC overdose meds
A new opioid overdose-reversing drug called Opvee is expected to be available over the counter later this year. Santa…
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Ancient mastodon tooth scooped up on Santa Cruz County beach turned in to museum after frantic search
A woman walking on Rio Del Mar State Beach on Saturday posted a Facebook photo of a unique object she saw in the sand but left behind. A local paleontologist recognized the mysterious object as the tooth of an adult mastodon, an Ice Age mammal that went extinct between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago. However, by the time he rushed to the beach, the tooth was gone, setting off a desperate search for a rare scientific discovery. On Tuesday, an Aptos resident gave the tooth to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
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California to send $95 million to undocumented flooding victims months after promising ‘rapid response’
Gov. Gavin Newsom in March said state relief would soon help flood victims who don’t qualify for federal emergency relief, including those affected by disastrous flooding in Pajaro. The state has yet to name nonprofits that will dole out the aid.
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Morning Lookout: Cotoni-Coast Dairies update, salmon release at the wharf, Big Basin plans
Nearly three years after the CZU Lightning Complex fires severely damaged Big Basin Redwoods State Park, officials are…
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Morning Lookout: Hitting the Corralitos Wine Trail, youth soccer upheaval & Weekender
The California Roots Music & Arts Festival — known universally as Cali Roots — is the celebrated four-day music festival…
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Student Lookout: Transphobic letter reactions, a pop-up French bakery and a twisty thriller
With two cockfighting cases pending in Santa Cruz Superior Court, it’s “a serious issue in the community,” said Todd…
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Test your newsy knowledge with this week’s Lookout news quiz
The organizers of a drag story time event in Watsonville say they are disappointed that a local newspaper published a…