Caltrans and the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission are planning for the future of Highway 17. Officials discussed their priorities for the corridor — safety, congestion relief and climate resiliency — during a recent presentation, including expanding the 17 Express bus route to Highway 85 in Santa Clara County.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
When legends collaborate with locals
A new concert series pairs Santa Cruz County musicians with iconic artists such as Lol Tolhurst of The Cure and David J of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets for collaboration, mentorship and a shared stage.
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Friday evening traffic: Car crashes at 100 mph; major lane closures on Hwy 9, SR-152
Friday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
In final State of the City address, Keeley lauds Santa Cruz’s progress on housing and homelessness
In his State of the City address Thursday, Mayor Fred Keeley looked back on the city’s progress with building housing and cutting down homelessness, and discussed how city council districts have affected city government.
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Cold weather advisory issued for Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County is falling under a cold weather advisory, which means that temperatures could drop as low as 34 degrees. Forecasters predicted a low of 42 degrees in the city of Santa Cruz on Thursday night.
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Best of Santa Cruz County arts & food events this weekend, Feb. 19-22
With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County with a specially curated list from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Thursday evening traffic: Highway 9 southbound lanes closed at Graham Hill; delays
Thursday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
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Mapping 218,000 Santa Cruz parking citations: UCSC student tracked city’s parking tickets in real time
Third-year UC Santa Cruz student Ivan Kuria built a website that maps and tracks every parking ticket issued in the city of Santa Cruz, and also shows daily tickets going back years. Although the site no longer updates, viewers can still see daily maps of tickets issued between 2020 and Feb. 11.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
I hope my UCSC class will help our community conversation on addressing homelessness
Housing advocate Don Lane has invited journalist and author Brian Barth to talk to the community – and to his class of 25 UC Santa Cruz students studying homelessness – to discuss why encampments exist and what we should do about them. He hopes the Feb. 27 event at the downtown library will help deepen our understanding of the issue and involve the next generation in finding solutions.
Posted inFood & Drink
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to host 45th annual clam chowder cook-off
Just in time to take the edge off the cold, rainy weather blanketing the region, Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation is bringing the annual Clam Chowder Cook-Off back to the Beach Boardwalk this Saturday and Sunday.