Lookout PM: Cruz Room’s big plans, weekend protest and other events, PV Health Care District restricts feds from using property for immigration enforcement

Weekender: ‘No Kings’ 3.0, bold new ‘Amadeus’ adaptation, ambitious plans at Mission & Bay

Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County this weekend.

Cruz Room plans shared kitchen, bar and live events at key Santa Cruz corner

By Lily Belli

A Santa Cruz chef and commercial kitchen owner plans to transform the former Burger. and D20 Pizza restaurant space on Mission Street into the Cruz Room, a collaborative hub for food, music and art with multiple businesses under one roof. Established pizza pop-up Sleight Of Hand has already signed on, and owner Matisse Selman is seeking additional partners to bring the community-focused concept to life.

Pajaro Valley Health Care District to restrict feds from using its property for immigration enforcement

By Tania Ortiz

The governing board of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, which oversees Watsonville Community Hospital, unanimously approved a resolution to prohibit federal officials from using non-public areas of its facilities for immigration enforcement.

Mental health organization appoints new board members, explores partnerships with aim to restart services

By Max Chun

The Mental Health Client Action Network, shuttered since September, has appointed a new board and is working with Front St. Inc., another behavioral health agency, to explore a potential partnership with the goal of restoring a clubhouse-style facility within a year.

OPINION: No Kings, just voices: I’m going to sing my way through the march – join me?

By Lisa Herendeen

What if resistance sounded less like shouting – and more like harmony? Santa Cruz family therapist Lisa Herendeen is planning to march Saturday at the “No Kings” protest in Santa Cruz, and to sing. She has been attending protest song practice sessions with a group of local singer-songwriter-activists who believe in the power of collective voices of song. Local musicians Heather Houston and Aileen Vance have organized the sessions. Singing might not topple power, Herendeen writes, but it just might shift the energy. And that, she believes, is where real change often begins.

California lawmakers pass bill to rename César Chávez Day following sexual abuse allegations

By Trân Nguyễn / Associated Press

California lawmakers voted Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon’s legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on March 31.