October 2021 top stories gallery

READ THE STORY: Police Chief Andy Mills saying farewell to the ‘jewel’ that is Santa Cruz: ‘This is just an amazing city’
 (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Have you seen the big boat off Santa Cruz this week? Here’s what we know (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Hearts full for an empty homes tax: Santa Cruz set to follow path of other ‘second home’ destinations (Kevin Painchaud/Lookout Staff)

READ THE STORY: ‘I’ve seen some brutal things’: Murders of Santa Cruz County women on the rise
 (Via published obituaries and Facebook)

READ THE STORY: A tale of two affordable housing projects: Contentious in Santa Cruz, smooth in Watsonville (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Halloween will return to downtown Santa Cruz, but not in full street party fashion (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Is downtown’s first hotel in nearly a century Cruz’n into town? What we know about the hot-button project (Via City of Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Santa Cruz City Council bans overnight parking for RVs, aims to create alternatives (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: UCSC College Ten to be named in honor of civil rights icon John R. Lewis (Library of Congress)

READ THE STORY: To mask or not to mask: Local businesses vary on policies following end of mandate (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Is it time to jettison the name ‘Cabrillo’? Or, in fact, time to double down on it? (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Santa Cruz City Council set to hire Watsonville’s city manager, Matt Huffaker (Via City of Santa Cruz)

READ THE STORY: Race for District 3 Supervisor heats up as Cummings joins Kalantari-Johnson in announcing candidacy ()