Good morning, everyone. It is Monday, March 11, and early-morning drizzle around Santa Cruz County should lead into a mostly cloudy day, with more rain forecast overnight and into Tuesday.
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As we await another vote-count update Monday afternoon from the county clerk, Lookout has learned more about what’s still to be counted, and you’ll find the latest race calls and numbers in our On the Campaign Trail blog below. And Christopher Neely talks to local politicos about what the results say about the local progressive slate.
The Capitola Avenue bridge over Highway 1 is in its last days, Max Chun reports, as it’s closing Monday ahead of a planned demolition and rebuild that’s slated to take until later summer or early fall of 2025.
The Monday headlines also include Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud going behind the scenes at Friday’s MMA card at Kaiser Permanente Arena – let’s check it all out.
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On the Campaign Trail: Monday update: M defeated, Kalantari-Johnson and Brunner win
After a big update Friday from the Santa Cruz County Clerk and with Lookout having learned more about the remaining votes to be counted, the results of Tuesday’s primary election are coming into sharper focus. Get the latest here.
Carmageddon: Capitola Avenue Highway 1 overcrossing is closing for more than a year starting today
Crews plan to demolish the overpass between Capitola and Soquel and construct one that adds bike lanes and wider sidewalks. The bridge isn’t set to reopen until the summer or fall of 2025. School officials say they’ll give a bit of leeway as they adjust to detours and new routes. Max Chun has more in our weekly Carmageddon feature.
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That’s plenty to get you started as we hit a new workweek, but there’s more coming from Lookout as Monday unfurls. Christopher Neely is on deck with In the Public Interest, his newsletter covering Santa Cruz County politics and policy, and we’ll be updating our Election 2024 coverage after the county clerk’s office releases the latest vote totals around 4 p.m. You can sign up right here to get breaking news alerts via email and text, and to get Chris’ newsletter and others delivered right to you. We bring you our coverage on social media, too: Connect with Lookout on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads and you won’t miss a thing.
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Best of luck with this post-time-change Monday – never an easy one.
Will McCahill