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.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
The birth, death and rebirth of Santa Cruz’s First Friday art tour
Twenty years of First Fridays in Santa Cruz have included a slow start, a boom period, a pandemic collapse, and a slow build back to relevance.
Posted inEducation
UC Santa Cruz grad workers prepare to be first among UC’s to strike, starting Monday
About 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate workers including teaching assistants and researchers plan to be the first among the University of California campuses to strike starting Monday. Those participating would stop all teaching and wind down their research work after their union voted this week to authorize a strike to protest how some University of California campuses have responded to pro-Palestine encampments.
Posted inFood & Drink
Eaters Digest: Special sandwich aka ‘The Wilder’ at The Picnic Basket
Lily Belli heads beachfront for a standout sandwich at the renovated and expanded Picnic Basket.
Posted inFood & Drink
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, May 17-23
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.
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Tensions escalate for UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestine encampment
Following more than two weeks of UC Santa Cruz students holding an encampment for Palestine in the center of the university campus, administrators and students issued statements Thursday showing that they could be approaching a breaking point.
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Baine’s Nine: Nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, May 16-23
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.
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After UCSC encampment students block intersection, protests remain in place
UC Santa Cruz students in support of Palestine blocked Hagar Drive and Steinhart Way on Wednesday. The students, who launched the encampment May 1, say they have no plans to leave the camp. UCSC officials said they were disappointed in the Wednesday action.
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Over school district, parents’ objections, Santa Cruz City Council allows Westside dispensary by 6-1 vote
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.
Posted inHousing & Development
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.