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Measles case confirmed in Santa Cruz County visitor last week
Santa Cruz County Public Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles in a person who traveled to Santa Cruz County last week.
How Santa Cruz’s affordable housing bond got stuck
More than a year after the community began discussing a ballot measure to finance affordable housing, little discernible progress has been made, and more questions than answers remain.
Ask Lookout: Will the beer garden in the old Wienerschnitzel lot on Soquel Avenue ever open?
Get the update from Lily Belli on when Beer Run Santa Cruz, a new beer garden and sausage house from the owners of Beer Thirty Bottle Shop & Pourhouse in Soquel and Beer Mule Bottle Shop & Pourhouse in Watsonville, is set to open.
Carmageddon: Smarter traffic signals and new pedestrian ramps coming to Soquel Drive this year
The Soquel Drive improvements continue moving forward with adaptive traffic signal installation and the construction of new sidewalks and pedestrian ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In the Public Interest: Uncertainty clouds Santa Cruz’s housing bond process
Get the latest from Christopher Neely in his weekly politics and policy newsletter.
He used to run a nightclub. Now he’s pushing for new laws to fight drink spiking
Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, who owns restaurants that serve drinks, has introduced several bills adding requirements for bar owners and drink servers to do more to prevent drink spiking.
Hip-hop comes to Cabrillo Stage: Local musical theater makes a generational pivot
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” which opens July 12 at the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College, marks a transition at Cabrillo Stage,.
