New Leaf Community Markets is slated to open its new store in the Gateway Plaza on River Street in Santa Cruz on Sept. 27. The location will be more than three times the size of the downtown space it vacated last fall.
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‘We’re being targeted’: Santa Cruz nonprofit sees Black Lives Matter banner stolen three times
The Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center saw its Black Lives Matter banner stolen for the third time last weekend, and for the second time this year. The organization’s leadership believes that it is being targeted, and that the current political climate has emboldened hate.
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Lily Belli on Food: Capitola’s Vin Vivant; dire situation for Seabright, harbor business; Penny Ice Creamery turns 15
In her Tuesday newsletter, Lookout correspondent Lily Belli introduces a new Capitola Village wine bar with some heavy hitters attached and spotlights difficulties for businesses around the Murray Street Bridge, plus more news, notes and dates to save around Santa Cruz County food & drink.
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Santa Cruz County business filings: Week of Aug. 19
Lookout Santa Cruz reviews the public filings from local businesses to report on new businesses starting in the area.
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UCSC clarifies delay on major housing project – now expected to break ground in 2027, open in 2029-30
Construction on the 2,900-bed Heller Drive student housing project at UC Santa Cruz will start in 2027 and be completed sometime in the 2029-30 school year; it was originally slated to be finished in 2028.
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Massive UCSC student housing project delayed at least one year as campus grapples with housing shortage
The construction of UC Santa Cruz’s 2,900-bed Heller Drive student housing project, a key part of the long-delayed and controversial Student Housing West development, has been pushed back to 2027 and is now slated to be completed during the 2029-30 school year.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 15-21
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Aug. 14-21
With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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With construction underway, city invites public to ceremonial groundbreaking for downtown Santa Cruz library mixed-use project
The public is invited to Lot 8, across Lincoln Street from the site of the future downtown Santa Cruz library and affordable housing on Lot 4, for a ceremony marking the occasion at noon next Wednesday, Aug. 20.
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Betty’s Eat Inn in downtown Santa Cruz to close Sunday, citing challenging environment
After 15 years, Betty’s Eat Inn in downtown Santa Cruz will close Sunday, with owner Laurie Negro citing declining foot traffic, fewer visitors and a challenging downtown environment as key reasons.