The 100th birthday of the grand old Giant Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk and a record-breaking season of theater at Santa Cruz Shakespeare are among the things to look forward to in the summer of 2024.
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Theresa Ann Bond for District 5 supervisor: My commitment to the community and experience set me apart
Theresa Ann Bond believes her work as a school board trustee and for the state Department of Public Health and her devotion to the community make her an ideal candidate for the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. She says she has been a tireless advocate and someone willing to work seven days a week to get the job done.
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Christopher Bradford for District 5 supervisor: My grassroots campaign has built momentum because people know I am invested and care about their needs
Christopher Bradford says he is a listener whose grassroots campaign is hitting a nerve with people in District 5. Bradford lost his home in the CZU Lightning Complex fires and believes the county has been too slow to rebuild. He promises to have an office that “supports conversations” and transparency.
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Monica Martinez for District 5 supervisor: We need someone ready to challenge the status quo and bring positive change
Monica Martinez sees herself as a change agent. She believes Santa Cruz County needs leaders who show courage to shake up the system. She wants to lessen the red tape in our county’s bureaucracy to better attack climate-related disasters, income inequality, aging infrastructure and the rising cost of living.
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Tom Decker for District 5 supervisor: Let’s stop the bureaucracy that has provided ‘amazingly poor service’ to our community
Tom Decker believes his experience as a builder of affordable homes and his commitment to family and service make him an ideal candidate for District 5 supervisor.
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More than 8,300 still without power in Santa Cruz County after one of the ‘strongest storms in three decades’
Pacific Gas & Electric crews continued work Wednesday afternoon to bring Santa Cruz County residents back online, with many having been without power for days in mountain areas. A PG&E spokesperson said that Sunday’s blast was “one of the strongest winter storms in three decades”
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Laurie Love on Wine: Locals hit it big at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love recaps a successful showing for Santa Cruz Mountains wines at a prestigious wine event up the Peninsula, notes big enrollment numbers for Cabrillo College’s wine programs and spotlights wine-centric events for Valentine’s Day and beyond.
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With 20,000 still out of power and road closures remaining, one confirmed death surfaces in post-storm Santa Cruz County
More than 20,000 Santa Cruz County residents were still out of power late Monday morning and a few major roadways were closed Monday morning as locals began to recover after Sunday’s heavy windstorm. Tragedy struck in Boulder Creek on Sunday afternoon, where a tree fell onto a home on the 14100 block of Highway 9. […]
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In the Public Interest: Lookout forums continue, Measure M for Maybe, what mountain voters want
In his weekly newsletter covering Santa Cruz County politics and policy, Christopher Neely previews a pair of Lookout election forums this week, digs into what Measure M might and might not mean, talks to voters in the Santa Cruz Mountains about what they’re looking for in their new District 5 county supervisor and more.
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Election 2024: In the post-CZU Santa Cruz Mountains, rugged individualism meets bureaucratic red tape
As District 5 voters prepare to cast their votes for a new county supervisor, no issue stands more prominently than Santa Cruz County’s failure to shepherd through a more efficient rebuild after the 2020 CZU fire. Voters in the Santa Cruz Mountains say it’s time to fundamentally change government.