Robb Woulfe has announced his departure as the executive director of the Museum of Art & History after 4½ years. The MAH’s board will begin a monthslong search for his replacement.
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With a sixth location set to open on San Francisco’s Pier 39 this summer, Santa Cruz’s Humble Sea is defying craft beer’s bust
Santa Cruz’s Humble Sea Brewing Co. will open its sixth taproom in the Bay Area on San Francisco’s Pier 39 this summer, making it one of the most prolific breweries in the state. The brand has grown 25% year over year, according to one of the owners, defying a downward trend in the craft beer industry overall.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
