Hail, Santa Cruz County. It is Tuesday, April 7, and after some patchy fog, we’re looking at another mostly sunny day, with high temperatures in the low 70s.

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One of the victims of a March 21 stabbing at downtown Santa Cruz’s clocktower plaza died over the weekend, Max Chun reports. Justin Moore, 42, had been on life support for about two weeks.

Dominican Hospital has a new leader – one it will share with Redwood City’s Sequoia Hospital, Hillary Ojeda reports. Christine McSweeney takes over from Nanette Mickiewicz at a time when Dominican’s challenges are numerous.

Jana Marcus returns with a review of the ongoing production of “Reefer Madness” at Vets Hall downtown, writing that the cast is talented and the visual design sharp, but overpowering sound mutes the lyrics and blurs the show’s comic bite.

And in Lookout’s Community Voices opinion section, UC Santa Cruz student Aidan Smith decries conditions at the intersection of Bay Drive and Meder Street just off campus on the upper Westside, where a close friend was seriously hurt in a January accident. He urges the city to change the traffic pattern by adding a stop sign or something to slow drivers down and permit easier crossing before another life is changed forever.

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One of two victims in clocktower stabbing dies after two weeks on life support

Justin Moore, the second victim in a March 21 stabbing near the downtown Santa Cruz clocktower, died this past weekend at Stanford University Medical Center following about two weeks on life support, according to his mother. He was 42. More here from Max Chun.

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Dominican Hospital to share a new president with Redwood City’s Sequoia Hospital

Dominican Hospital will begin sharing a president with Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City next week. The leadership change follows the retirement of longtime president Dr. Nanette Mickiewicz and comes as the hospital faces ongoing challenges with staffing, retention and capacity, concerns nurses hope new CEO Christine McSweeney will address. Details here from Hillary Ojeda.

DAILY DIGEST

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‘Reefer Madness’ is a blast – if you can hear it

Credit: Aidan Smith

OPINION: If there had been a stop sign at Bay and Meder, my UCSC friend would be safe; the city must fix this intersection

Credit: City Of Santa Cruz Public Works Resource Recovery Division

Earth Day returns to downtown Santa Cruz

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Trump endorses Republican Steven Hilton for California governor, reordering wide-open race

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California’s next governor to face tough choices for education as state budget tightens

There’s more on the Lookout menu as our Santa Cruz County coverage rolls along this Tuesday, not the least of which is another tasty edition of Lily Belli on Food – just one of the many free newsletters and breaking news alerts you can sign up for here. The Lookout Santa Cruz app is a must for the well-appointed smartphone, and you’ll find it for download in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Social media? Lookout’s there, too, and you can follow along on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

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Will McCahill

A veteran jack-of-all-trades journalist who is Lookout’s copy editor, writes and compiles Morning Lookout newsletter and produces Lookout’s other editorial newsletters and helps run Lookout’s social...