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Betty Burgers Seabright store temporarily closed after major vandalism
An intruder vandalized Betty Burgers in Seabright on Monday, causing an estimated $50,000 in damages and lost income by ransacking the restaurant and discharging a fire extinguisher, forcing a temporary closure for cleaning and repairs. Continue reading…
What to know before visiting the newly opened Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument
Here’s what you need to know about the 9 miles of trails that opened up at Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument, just north of Davenport. Continue reading…
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.
OPINION: First they came for the homeless …
Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs, takes issue with a previous Lookout op-ed on homelessness, saying it misunderstands many facets of the issue and was dehumanizing toward unhoused members of the Santa Cruz County community. Continue reading…
OPINION: Santa Cruz County should try to save the Hirahara house
Longtime Santa Cruz resident Jill Yamashita laments the board of supervisors’ Aug. 5 choice not to preserve the Redman-Hirahara House outside Watsonville on the National Register of Historic Places. The house, she writes, was the first home owned by Japanese Americans in Santa Cruz County and has a storied history before and after World War II, when the owners were sent to internment camps. Continue reading…
Gavin Newsom wants an election in a hurry on his gerrymander. Here’s what has to happen
California counties are scrambling to prepare for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special election on redrawing congressional districts for the 2026 midterm. The effort will cost tens of millions of dollars.
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- Development Director at Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz
- Dining Principal Food Service Worker at UC Santa Cruz
- Human Resources Representative at Central California Alliance for Health
- IBSC Program Manager at UC Santa Cruz
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