The Hook Outlet cannabis dispensary, through a partnership with WAMM Phyotherapies, will be able to open at the old Emily’s Bakery location at Mission and Laurel streets following months of community uproar over its proximity to two schools.
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New images unveiled of Santa Cruz’s downtown library project
The library and affordable housing project in Santa Cruz promises to be a generational shift in the look and feel of the city’s downtown.
Posted inFood & Drink
Laurie Love on Wine: Wine travels, Perfect Pair recap, comings and goings
In the return of her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love gives readers a taste of a recent trip to European wine regions, revisits Cabrillo College’s Perfect Pair event, covers news from the local wine industry and highlights events you shouldn’t miss.
Posted inFood & Drink
Lily Belli on Food: Beckmann’s pie honors, Humble Sea in S.F., Whale City Aptos opens
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli notes blue-ribbon success for Santa Cruz’s Beckmann’s Bakery, another new location for a Westside brewery, a long-anticipated addition to the Whale City family and much more in her Tuesday newsletter.
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 inPolitics & Policy
In the Public Interest: Live, from the most contested intersection in Santa Cruz
News and notes on Santa Cruz County politics and policy from Lookout’s Christopher Neely.
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UCSC grad student workers among those voting on strike over Palestine encampment crackdowns
UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers and their more than 45,000 counterparts at the other nine University of California campuses are voting this week on whether the union should strike in support of free speech and in support of Palestine.
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Carmageddon: First step to a more bikeable and walkable Bay Street is happening this year
Improvements to Bay Street in Santa Cruz are coming soon, and it starts with the section between Escalona Drive and Nobel Drive. Over the project’s three-year timeline, the city will install a multitude of new features including protected bike lanes, ramp improvements and bus stop improvements.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Santa Cruz dispensary decision pits city’s past against anxieties about its future
The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a local nonprofit with a bold past, seeks a commercial lifeline through a partnership with The Hook Outlet. However, the proposal has caused friction with the local school district. On Tuesday, the Santa Cruz City Council will have to balance the vestiges of the city’s counterculture against the anxieties of parents.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Happy Birthday, baby: Santa Cruz’s enduring symbol, the Giant Dipper, hits the century mark
Santa Cruz’s most identifiable icon will celebrate its 100th birthday Saturday with a ceremony and fireworks, and ahead of the milestone, Wallace Baine not only talked to some of those who know and love the Giant Dipper best, he also got a close-up look that few who haven’t worked at the Beach Boardwalk have experienced.