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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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Weekender: Honoring Tammi Brown, poetry Hive style, Franzen talks tunes
Wallace Baine surveys the world of Santa Cruz County arts and culture, delivers recommendations for things to do this weekend and beyond and spotlights a tune that will stick with you.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Baine’s Nine: Nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, April 25-May 2
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.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Santa Cruz acquires Toadal Fitness site for downtown library project after lengthy negotiations
The city’s $2.5 million purchase of the Toadal Fitness site marks a significant milestone in the progress of the downtown library mixed-use project; however, hurdles still remain.
Posted inEducation
Santa Cruz County school districts ramp up plans to build teacher, staff housing
As school districts face challenges retaining staff and teachers due to the rising cost of living in Santa Cruz County, they’re also trying to push forward one potential solution: building and renting out their own workforce housing at below-market rates. Santa Cruz City Schools hopes to have workforce move into a development by 2027.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Cruz Foam’s national deal, REI employees vote to unionize, outdoor dining permit rules still pending approval
Cruz Foam is expanding the reach of its sustainable packaging, the Santa Cruz County labor movement takes another step and the latest chapter in what’s become a complicated transition to outdoor dining in Santa Cruz are all topics in Jessica M. Pasko’s weekly business roundup.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Let’s celebrate the legacy of Celia and Peter Scott’s environmentalism – and think about the future of Highway 1
Environmental activist Rick Longinotti celebrates the work of Santa Cruz environmentalists and political activists Celia and Peter Scott, who are set to be honored May 3 with other activists as part of the Reel Work Film Festival. Without their efforts, Longinotti writes, Santa Cruz would not have local treasures like Wilder Ranch State Park, the Pogonip or Arana Gulch. He also points to current debates about Highway 1 widening and insists we need to follow the Scotts’ lead and think about alternatives.
Posted inLatest News
Santa Cruz police make arrest in DeLaveaga Park-area stabbing
The Santa Cruz Police Department has arrested a 31-year-old man in a fatal stabbing on Friday at George Washington Grove in the DeLaveaga Park area.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
In the Public Interest: New era of policing vacation rentals in Santa Cruz County pushes complaints, violations into public view
News and notes on Santa Cruz County politics and policy from Lookout’s Christopher Neely.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
High school sports roundup: Spring seasons heading into the home stretch
Thomas Frey surveys another busy week in Santa Cruz County high school sports, from the baseball and softball diamonds to volleyball, golf, tennis, swimming and more.