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Lily Belli on Food: New statewide service fee rules, Live Earth’s fall feast, and an orchard update
Get the latest tasty morsels from Santa Cruz County’s food scene in Lily Belli’s weekly newsletter.
With 100-degree weather in the mountains, Santa Cruz’s summer heat wave will last through the weekend
This week is poised to be extremely hot in Santa Cruz County, with some areas getting multiple days in a row of triple-digit temperatures.
Scotts Valley Montessori school stirs controversy with policy limiting gender, religion talks in class
Several families told Lookout they’re leaving Montessori Community School after the director this spring limited discussions of gender identity, religion and social movements in the classroom.
Low-impact camping is actually high risk for wildfires
Opinion: Low-impact camping has potentially high-impact results, writes Bonny Doon resident Ted Benhari, who, along with a band of neighbors, last week helped convince the county board of supervisors to put a low-impact camping ordinance on hold for more study.
Pacific Collegiate School teacher accused of attempted rape of student
Santa Cruz Police charged Pacific Collegiate School math teacher Trung Lai, 41, with attempted rape of a 17-year-old PCS student after arresting him on Friday.
