In her weekly roundup, Jessica M. Pasko examines the future of retail in rapidly redeveloping downtown Santa Cruz, news from California Giant Berry Farms and numbers and dates to know in local business.
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Carmageddon: Reimagine Metro changes — behind a 23% ridership jump — keep coming, with next slate set for June
Before Phase 2 of Reimagine Metro is implemented in September, the final changes included in Phase 1 plans will go into effect in mid-June. Here’s what that will look like for Santa Cruz County’s transit agency.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Sheriff’s failure to reinstate contact visits for inmate families will be a focus at supervisors budget hearing
Santa Cruz County is facing heat for keeping a pandemic pause on contact visitation for jail inmates and their families. County supervisors promise action, but advocates say this continued lack of contact visits has a traumatizing effect on children.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Santa Cruz County could do more to fight climate change by promoting carbon sequestration through organic soil
Climate and anti-pesticide activist Woody Rehanek remembers Santa Cruz of the 1960s and 1970s, when our county was on the cutting edge of agricultural innovation. He implores us to return to that mindset and to embrace using healthy, organic soils to cut greenhouse gasses via carbon sequestration. Other counties are doing it, he writes. Why not us?
Posted inRecreation & Sports
High school sports roundup: Santa Cruz High in NorCal volleyball playoffs; CCS tourneys up next in baseball, softball
In his weekly look at Santa Cruz County high school sports, Thomas Frey chronicles the postseason journey for Santa Cruz High’s boys volleyball team and recaps how the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League season ended in baseball and softball with Central Coast Section play starting this week.
Posted inFood & Drink
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, May 10-16
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.
Posted inEducation
New superintendent Heather Contreras brings deep Santa Cruz County ties, willing ear to PVUSD
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Superintendent Heather Contreras comes from a family of educators, and a family that once made its home in Watsonville. With the district facing ongoing challenges including declining enrollment, she’s starting out with a “Look, listen and learn” tour.
Posted inFood & Drink
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, May 3-9
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Weekender: Rain postpones downtown Kids Day, virtual author bonanza, Mother’s Day music and a savage Earworm
Wallace Baine strolls through Santa Cruz County’s arts and culture scene, complete with his picks for things to see and do this weekend and beyond.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Baine’s Nine: Nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, May 2-9
With the weekend nearly here, get your B9 shot in the form of Baine’s Nine, Wallace Baine’s recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.