As schools welcomed students back to classrooms this past week, education leaders, including Santa Cruz County…
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Lookout PM: Hotel at La Bahia a go; Watsonville hospital nurses decry staffing changes
Construction is already underway at the site where the developers, including Santa Cruz Seaside Company and the company…
Lookout PM: Weekender recs and No Attitudes Volleyball in the spotlight
Lizzy Fowler‘s classes have attracted veterans and newcomers alike, with players forging bonds that extend off the…
Lookout PM: Sitting down with candidates for SC mayor; city tourist tax to appear on Nov. ballot
With the Santa Cruz City Council looking for new revenue after a proposed sales tax increase narrowly failed in June, it…
Lookout PM: Lily’s latest; a raise for Soquel Union district teachers
Teachers bargained and parents complained. After months of negotiation, the district and teachers within the Soquel…
Lookout PM: Bay Area COVID trends looking good; playwright Spike Wong reflects on his identity
Spike Wong’s latest play, “White Sky, Falling Dragon,” is just weeks away from its COVID-delayed premiere Aug. 26. Very…
Lookout PM: SV superintendent facing pressures and downtown SC storefronts slowly filling up
Santa Cruz County’s fourth-largest school district is seeing a 30% turnover of staff this year amid issues of…
LOOKOUT PM: Full-length Weekender, school COVID guidelines, and the story with the 41st and Soquel lot
A barren lot at 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive has been in limbo for the past few years, after a car dealership project…
LOOKOUT PM: Two fire features, big surf at Steamer, and the deal with your compost bin
Nate Armstrong has gotten got a big increase in funding to prepare for what’s ahead. But with an unending fire season —…
LOOKOUT PM: Oversized Vehicle Ordinance hits a roadblock, COVID hospitalizations slowly rising
Five months into contract negotiations, the city’s trash collectors, water treatment worker and park maintenance people,…

