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Morning Lookout: Santa Cruz surfing’s aerial pioneer lives in a van on the Westside
Lookout PM: The spooky sight, smell of smoke & veteran homelessness at issue
Lookout PM Archive
Lookout PM: Homeless count, food news & about that pickleball buzz
Lookout PM: A new Abbott Square taqueria & the complexities of Pleasure Point
LOOKOUT PM: Two UCSC profs and the inspiration of telescopes...Eaters Digest
Morning Lookout: Good Shepherd community mourns; Nat Young starts strong at J-Bay
Morning Lookout: Nat Young stares down J-Bay; drought, wildfire in composition
LOOKOUT PM: Suit filed in Aptos High stabbing death; weekend eats ideas
LOOKOUT PM: Seafood in sight for the 4th? About the new Venus Beachside
LOOKOUT PM: Santa Cruz comes out in force for Roe v. Wade rally at courthouse
LOOKOUT PM: Westside outage, Eaters Digest and under-5 vaccines
LOOKOUT PM: It’s slow-going on the vote tabulation front with only 50% counted
LOOKOUT PM: Election Night Live edition...Measure D and so much more
LOOKOUT PM: A double dose of Driscoll’s, Assembly money, fraud case
LOOKOUT PM: Measure D, sans rhetoric; supes race money; city vehicles on fire
LOOKOUT PM: Some Eaters intel for your weekend & District 28 in the spotlight
Civic Life
Opinion from Community Voices
Remembering fire captain Brian Tracy: How do I do justice to the man who stole my heart in minutes?
California Democrats sideline Gavin Newsom’s plan to build big things, faster
Environment
California’s blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here’s this year’s forecast
Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?
Health
Health & Wellness
Three decades, 10,000 babies and one pandemic later, county health officer Gail Newel announces retirement
CDC warns of an mpox rebound outbreak this summer
AI might be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients
I’m a health care worker in Watsonville with four kids to feed: We need a $25/hour minimum wage
The U.S. Senate should approve the U.N. high seas treaty — we need this protection for our ocean
Colorado River deal offers reprieve, but long-term water crisis remains
Storms 2023: Road to Recovery
Santa Cruz City Council backs proposed 50-year plan for West Cliff Drive
California state officials announce new plans for salmon habitat restoration
City Life
Doubly ‘Outstanding’: Land artist/al fresco pioneer Jim Denevan embraces the grand scale of outdoor places
Food & Drink
South County sips: A guide to the Corralitos Wine Trail
‘Tis the season for free music outdoors, and Santa Cruz County is happy to oblige
The downtown Santa Cruz development debate in art