The 100th birthday of the grand old Giant Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk and a record-breaking season of theater at Santa Cruz Shakespeare are among the things to look forward to in the summer of 2024.
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Eaters Digest: California Ranch Burger at Pretty Good Advice
A housemade smash burger-style black bean patty is the foundation for Lily Belli’s lunchtime rec at downtown Santa Cruz newcomer Pretty Good Advice.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Feb. 9-15
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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Pretty Good Advice brings farm-to-table vegetarian cuisine to downtown Santa Cruz
Soquel-based Pretty Good Advice opened a second location on Pacific Avenue on Feb. 1, bringing its seasonal, fast-food menu of breakfast sandwiches, burgers, salads and sides to downtown Santa Cruz.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Measure M is a big mistake: It would set back the city on affordable housing
Pete Kennedy, chair of the volunteer City of Santa Cruz Planning Commission, says Measure M would be detrimental to the city’s recent excellent record on housing. He also bats away arguments that the March 5 ballot initiative is about democracy: “Our commission conducted 18 public meetings just last year,” he writes, “and that’s not even touching all the stakeholder groups, project presentations, calls to staff, emails and other work that goes into planning.” He says he “won’t stand” for arguments that claim the process isn’t democratic.
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Santa Cruz City and County need more funds — vote yes on Measures K and L
Lookout politics columnist Mike Rotkin is in favor of both sales tax increases on the ballot March 5. “If you look around you,” he writes, “it is not hard to see that our city and our county are in desperate need of additional funding.”
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UCSC returns to traditional-style commencement after ‘significant feedback’ about Slug Crossing
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive announced Monday that the campus is returning to its old-style commencement ceremony after receiving feedback opposing the university’s Slug Crossing of the past several years.
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‘Peace Village’, a unique 40-unit church project near UCSC, continues to draw community opposition
The project proposed at 900 High St., behind Peace United Church of Christ, has cleared the City of Santa Cruz’s zoning administrator and the planning commission. Yet neighbors continue to oppose it.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Locals hit it big at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love recaps a successful showing for Santa Cruz Mountains wines at a prestigious wine event up the Peninsula, notes big enrollment numbers for Cabrillo College’s wine programs and spotlights wine-centric events for Valentine’s Day and beyond.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Crowdfunding climate action: Homegrown Climatize matches money with missions
Launched last May by Santa Cruz High grad Will Wiseman and partner Alba Forns, Climatize has helped secure over $2 million in microloans to support renewable energy projects.