Good morning, readers. It’s Thursday, March 28 – you might be dodging some raindrops around Santa Cruz County, and I’ll have more on the weather forecast coming up.
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Lily Belli leads us off with the news that, after failed lease negotiations, the Live Oak farmers market will be looking for a new home after this Sunday’s last hurrah at the East Cliff Village shopping center. “They presented terms where we could not function as a market, basically,” one farmer said of developer Swenson Builders.
Max Chun has the weather outlook, which calls for rain into the weekend, though nothing like the ferocious storms that blasted us in recent months. And, he reports, the big-picture weather pattern is shifting.
Wallace Baine puts the arts and entertainment spotlight on Ben Lomond, where Mountain Community Theater has a double bill of Neil Simon fave “The Odd Couple.”
On the sports front, the Santa Cruz Warriors are in a fight for the playoffs, and Thomas Frey sets the scene for the G League squad’s final weekend of the regular season, with images from photojournalists Kevin Painchaud and John P. Hefti.
And Lookout’s Community Voices opinion section has word of a fundraiser happening Saturday at a downtown art gallery, with Sara Friedlander explaining how members of Artists Respond and Resist Together decided to decorate eggs in the traditional Ukrainian method and sell them to power efforts to fight for reproductive freedom and other rights.
You’ll find the headlines on the other side of this image from Kevin Painchaud:
Photo of the day
The Santa Cruz Warriors honored former Santa Cruz Fire Captain Brian Tracy during their final home game of the regular season Wednesday. The game against the South Bay Lakers was a fundraiser, with ticket sales going to the Tracy family, who plan to make a donation to a first-responder family in need on the veteran firefighter’s behalf. Tracy died April 27, 2023, after a two-year battle with brain cancer.
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Sunday marks Live Oak farmers market’s last day at East Cliff Village after lease talks fail
Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets is searching for a new home for its Sunday market in Live Oak after the nonprofit organization was unable to agree to new lease terms with property owner Swenson Builders. Sunday will be the last market at the East Cliff Village shopping center, where it’s been held for 22 years. Lily Belli reports.
Two mild storm systems rolling into Santa Cruz County this weekend
Santa Cruz will get some more rain this weekend, but nothing major as two systems roll through over the next few days. Going forward, it appears that El Niño conditions have morphed into La Niña conditions, but that doesn’t make the local effects any more certain. Details here from Max Chun.
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Be good out there, everybody.
Will McCahill