Happy Monday evening, folks. I had the pleasure of interviewing Gail Pellerin this morning about her leap into the 28th District State Assembly race over the weekend. If you don’t know Pellerin’s story, you should. Interesting parts of it were previously told by Wallace Baine and Grace Stetson. In fact, if you have time, I […]
Lookout PM Archive
LOOKOUT PM: More Homekey ruckus, Icons of Santa Cruz & Eaters Digest
Happy Friday, everyone. Let’s tie a bow on this thing. First off a little news you can use if you’re a Santa Cruz resident. With Andy Mills living the desert life in Palm Springs now and Bernie Escalante only taking the reins temporarily, a new top cop is needed. It goes without saying that this […]
LOOKOUT PM: Ukes, dinosaurs, Derby Girls & plenty more this weekend
Kaiser Permanente has partnered with systems change agency SupplyBank.org to disperse donations of sanitizing wipes, N95…
LOOKOUT PM: The ‘mess’ of Santa Cruz districting and … roller derby returns!
Hey, everyone and happy over-the-hump-we-go Wednesday evening. My friend Grace and I got the task of burying our heads deep into the topic of Santa Cruz government early this week and it’s been a fascinating and mind-blowing study for us both. Fortunately this area remains stocked with savvy political veterans following things closely from the […]
LOOKOUT PM: How the city plans to spend $14.6 million on homelessness
Happy Tuesday evening, folks. How will the city of Santa Cruz spend $14.6 million of state funds on homelessness? That was a key topic of discussion today at Santa Cruz City Council, where a three-year plan was outlined in detail. And, as expected, the future of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line will go to […]
LOOKOUT PM: Please meet our new-and-improved COVID Dashboard
Happy Monday evening, folks. Hope you got your week off to a good start. We will start you off tonight with a look at our new-and-improved COVID Dashboard before swerving toward other inevitable world affairs. To those headlines… Introducing Lookout’s new, streamlined COVID Dashboard Only what you need: Our revised data set includes the most […]
LOOKOUT PM: One, big, sprawling, uncontainable art show
Since 2012, the Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) has made it a point to celebrate and uplift women behind, and in front…
LOOKOUT PM: After all the sun, we’re finally due for some early March showers
Since 2012, the Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) has made it a point to celebrate and uplift women behind, and in front…
LOOKOUT PM: A complicated tale of a little-known sister named Alushta
Happy Tuesday evening, everybody. As President Joe Biden gets set to address the nation and provide his thoughts on this stressful moment during his State of the Union address, Wallace Baine sheds light on a little-known Santa Cruz connection to the Eastern European nations currently at war. That and much more in tonight’s headlines… Santa […]
LOOKOUT PM: The point-in-time count; Unhoused Santa Cruz revisited
Happy Monday evening, everybody. As you may have seen, the Lookout Santa Cruz staff has been working throughout the month to explore the issue of homelessness in Santa Cruz County. We intentionally did this in February to coincide with the point-in-time count, which happened this morning. The count, which seeks to find out how many […]

