Happy Monday morning, folks! I’m Tamsin McMahon, Lookout’s Managing Editor. Will McCahill is off today. Perhaps you can find him sunbathing over at Capitola Beach. We’re in for a partly sunny day and highs in the mid-70s.
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Four UC Santa Cruz students have reported an unidentified man filming them in campus dormitory showers or stealing their clothing. Two of the students spoke to Lookout’s Hillary Ojeda to highlight what they say are failures by the university to act on requests for additional security measures.
As Santa Cruz works to fill downtown vacancies, small business owners tell Lily Belli and Jessica M. Pasko that high rents, soaring construction costs and bureaucratic hurdles make it difficult to launch a new business and stay open in the city center. Some are thinking of relocating, while city officials say they’re working to streamline permitting and support the downtown core.
On Friday, regional transportation officials revealed the details of their $4.3-billion plan to build passenger train service in Santa Cruz County, including the number of stops (nine) and estimated ridership (as many as 6,000 people a day). This week, Max Chun reports, the public and transit commissioners will get a chance to weigh in.
And in case you missed it, Wallace Baine planned the quintessential Santa Cruz day. Do you agree with him? Let us know!
It was a busy weekend and an even busier Monday. Time to dive in.
UCSC students say school failing to keep them safe from voyeur targeting dorm showers
Two UC Santa Cruz students say the university has failed to adequately respond to a series of voyeurism incidents in a campus dorm, including reports of someone filming students while they showered and stealing their clothing. Despite requests, students say the school hasn’t made […]
How rising costs and red tape squeeze small businesses out of downtown Santa Cruz
A mix of rising rents, construction hurdles and slow city permitting is prompting some small businesses to reconsider opening in downtown Santa Cruz. Business owners say they want to be part of downtown’s future but feel the financial and bureaucratic barriers are stacked too […]
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Happy Monday!
Tamsin McMahon