Festival fantasies: Readers kick around ideas about the ultimate Santa Cruz event
Readers responded to the proposal of a new annual Santa Cruz arts festival with a number of creative ideas that touch on art, technology, social innovation, psychedelics, athletics and even dogs. Here’s what Wallace Baine heard.
10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of August 30
Are you on the lookout for a new career path in Santa Cruz County? Look no further! We’ve curated a list of the top 10 Santa Cruz County job opportunities recently posted to our job board, spanning various industries and roles.

Lessons from my first trip to New York since losing my husband: ‘Keep kissing, even in public’
Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach lost her husband six months ago to a fast-moving cancer. They had been married 40 years and she is using this space to chronicle her grief. In a Community Voices opinion piece, she details her first trip to New York City since his death, the memories and nostalgia it evoked. “Keep kissing, even in public,” she writes. “Feel the warmth of fingers entwined.” Read her latest column here.













