Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming holiday week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Scotts Valley
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‘This was my dream; it turned into my nightmare’: Scotts Valley restaurant Casa Nostra closes amid financial turmoil
After a tumultuous and difficult four years, Scotts Valley restaurant Casa Nostra closed its doors this week. Owner Raffaele Cristallo cited financial difficulties that stretched back to the pandemic, a devastating mudslide in 2023 that made travel to its original Ben Lomond location difficult, and rising costs throughout the industry as reasons that led him to close the Italian eatery’s doors.
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Scotts Valley didn’t get a tornado warning, but San Francisco did. Why?
National Weather Service meteorologists issued a tornado warning for San Francisco on Saturday morning but ultimately, no twister appeared there. Lookout talked to a meteorologist to understand why Scotts Valley residents weren’t issued a tornado warning before one touched down there.
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Lily Belli on Food: The inaugural Santa Cruz Pizza Week, Casa Nostra closes in Scotts Valley, one simple dish for when everyone’s got a cold
Food & drink news, notes and recommendations from around Santa Cruz County via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Scotts Valley officials say tornado caused more than $100K in damages; city to vote on emergency declaration
Scotts Valley businesses, residents and city officials continued assessing the damage Monday after a tornado tore through a section of the city Saturday. Officials say the destruction will cost more than $100,000 to repair.
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Carmageddon: Mount Hermon Road reopens after tornado, Green Valley Road makeover aims for spring completion
The project on Green Valley Road in Watsonville is causing some noticeable traffic delays, specifically during the morning and afternoon rush hours. However, that will be a thing of the past come springtime, when the road project will be completed. Meanwhile, crews in Scotts Valley worked through Saturday night to help get main artery Mount Hermon Road back open after a tornado tore through the area.
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Tornado touches down in Scotts Valley, closing Mount Hermon Road
A tornado touched down in Scotts Valley on Saturday afternoon, damaging cars and bringing down trees and utility poles, and closing Mount Hermon Road to traffic.
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State-approved Workbench project will be Scotts Valley’s first affordable housing development in decades. City leaders don’t want it.
For the first time in decades, Scotts Valley is set to host a 100% affordable housing complex. Yet local leaders are at odds with state mandates, decrying the project’s demolition of one of the few commercial spaces in Scotts Valley with the amenities necessary to attract high-tech tenants.
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Lily Belli on Food: Charlie Hong Kong ditching soda, Seabreeze Cafe’s new owners, Mad Yolks expands
News, notes and recommendations from around the world of Santa Cruz County food & drink via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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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.