Copyright © 2023, Lookout Santa Cruz All Rights Reserved | CA Notice of Collection | Do Not Sell My Info | Sitemap
help@lookoutlocal.com

LATEST NEWS ☀️
OPINION 📢
JOB BOARD 🤝
EVENTS 🗓
STUDENTS ✏️

Become a Member
Sign In
- My Account
- Log Out

Search Query

UC Santa Cruz

Student Lookout: Transphobic letter reactions, a pop-up French bakery and a twisty thriller

L-R: Zak Keith and Jorge Guillen, participate in drag story time at Raíces y Cariño in Watsonville.

Student Lookout: Transphobic letter reactions, a pop-up French bakery and a twisty thriller

By Max Chun

Opinion from Community Voices

UCSC students should expect more from their administration in combating antisemitism and hate

UC Santa Cruz student Bodie Shargel

Opinion from Community Voices

UCSC students should expect more from their administration in combating antisemitism and hate

By Bodie Shargel

Quick Take

UC Santa Cruz is seeing a problematic rise in antisemitic acts, writes second-year music major Bodie Shargel. Shargel...

Student Lookout: Tips for moving out, debt ceiling explained and downtown poke bowls

Student LO header image

Student Lookout: Tips for moving out, debt ceiling explained and downtown poke bowls

By Max Chun, Kaya Henkes-Power

Santa Cruz to wait ‘several months’ to enforce oversized vehicle ban after Coastal Commission approval

Recreational vehicles, cars and campers parked on Santa Cruz's Westside

Santa Cruz to wait ‘several months’ to enforce oversized vehicle ban after Coastal Commission approval

By Christopher Neely

Quick Take

Christopher Neely examines the next steps for the City of Santa Cruz’s oversized vehicle ordinance after the California...

Opinion from Community Voices

I’m a Mexican-American UCSC student and I’m sick of the performative activism in Santa Cruz County

Opinion from Community Voices

I’m a Mexican-American UCSC student and I’m sick of the performative activism in Santa Cruz County

By Sebastián Valdez

Quick Take

Sebastián Valdez crossed the U.S-Mexico border every day starting at age 13 to go to school in the U.S. It cost him time...
Latest News

Student Lookout: Mother’s Day, a delicious bakeshop, and resources following hate incidents

Latest News

Student Lookout: Mother’s Day, a delicious bakeshop, and resources following hate incidents

By Max Chun, Kaya Henkes-Power
UC Santa Cruz

UCSC Jewish students, leaders say more has to be done to help students feel safe

UC Santa Cruz

UCSC Jewish students, leaders say more has to be done to help students feel safe

By Hillary Ojeda, Max Chun

Quick Take

Weeks after two antisemitic incidents connected to campus, Jewish students have been meeting with UC Santa Cruz...
Civic Life

Hitler birthday party at UCSC not investigated as a hate crime; law enforcement say incidents are a ‘very grey’ area

Civic Life

Hitler birthday party at UCSC not investigated as a hate crime; law enforcement say incidents are a ‘very grey’ area

By Max Chun, Hillary Ojeda

Quick Take

UC Santa Cruz campus police are not currently investigating a birthday party students threw for Adolf Hitler as a hate...
City Life

A snapshot in time: Looking back at a 50-year-old photograph showing the glories and shortcomings of Santa Cruz’s literary scene

City Life

A snapshot in time: Looking back at a 50-year-old photograph showing the glories and shortcomings of Santa Cruz’s literary scene

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

From the vantage point of a half-century later, Wallace Baine examines an image shot in 1973 on the steps of the...

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?

Opinion from Community Voices

Remembering fire captain Brian Tracy: How do I do justice to the man who stole my heart in minutes?

By Stephanie Tracy

Quick Take

Brian Tracy, a 16-year veteran of the Santa Cruz Fire Department, lost his two-year battle against brain cancer on April...
Civic Life

California Democrats sideline Gavin Newsom’s plan to build big things, faster

Civic Life

California Democrats sideline Gavin Newsom’s plan to build big things, faster

By Marisa Kendall, Julie Cart

Source: CalMatters

Quick Take

Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled out a plan to speed construction of major public infrastructure and demanded quick votes from...
Environment

California’s blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here’s this year’s forecast

Environment

California’s blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here’s this year’s forecast

By Russ Mitchell

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

State officials say the winter’s wild weather helped refill hydropower generators, decreasing the risk of dangerous...
Civic Life

Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?

Civic Life

Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?

By Aaron Glantz, Monica Campbell

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

The companies operate in a legal gray area that allows them to function much like a payday lender but without the...

More from Civic Life

Health

Health & Wellness

Three decades, 10,000 babies and one pandemic later, county health officer Gail Newel announces retirement

Health & Wellness

Three decades, 10,000 babies and one pandemic later, county health officer Gail Newel announces retirement

By Max Chun

Quick Take

Dr. Gail Newel is officially making her four-year stint as Santa Cruz County health officer the final chapter of her...
Health & Wellness

CDC warns of an mpox rebound outbreak this summer

Health & Wellness

CDC warns of an mpox rebound outbreak this summer

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

A sudden cluster of new cases of the virus formerly known as monkeypox is leading health officials to call for renewed...
Health & Wellness

AI might be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

Health & Wellness

AI might be on its way to your doctor’s office, but it’s not ready to see patients

By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

Giant corporations like Microsoft and Google, plus many startups, are eyeing health care profits from programs based on...
Opinion from Community Voices

I’m a health care worker in Watsonville with four kids to feed: We need a $25/hour minimum wage

Opinion from Community Voices

I’m a health care worker in Watsonville with four kids to feed: We need a $25/hour minimum wage

By Nathaly Rodriguez

Quick Take

Nathaly Rodriguez is a lactation consultant in Watsonville and is tired of seeing her colleagues leave for better jobs...

Environment

Opinion from Community Voices

The U.S. Senate should approve the U.N. high seas treaty — we need this protection for our ocean

Opinion from Community Voices

The U.S. Senate should approve the U.N. high seas treaty — we need this protection for our ocean

By Dan Haifley

Quick Take

Environmentalist Dan Haifley says the newly minted United Nations high seas treaty will protect the “wild west” of...
Environment

Colorado River deal offers reprieve, but long-term water crisis remains

Environment

Colorado River deal offers reprieve, but long-term water crisis remains

By Ian James, Hayley Smith

Source: Los Angeles Times

Quick Take

California, Arizona and Nevada’s three-year agreement to cut use of Colorado River water, in a deal backed by federal...
Storms 2023: Road to Recovery

Santa Cruz City Council backs proposed 50-year plan for West Cliff Drive

Storms 2023: Road to Recovery

Santa Cruz City Council backs proposed 50-year plan for West Cliff Drive

By Max Chun

Quick Take

The Santa Cruz City Council directed staff to move forward with developing a vision for West Cliff Drive as it faces...
Environment

California state officials announce new plans for salmon habitat restoration

Environment

California state officials announce new plans for salmon habitat restoration

By Jessica M. Pasko

Quick Take

After this year’s commercial and recreational salmon season was shut down, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to build a...

More from Environment

City Life

City Life

Doubly ‘Outstanding’: Land artist/al fresco pioneer Jim Denevan embraces the grand scale of outdoor places

City Life

Doubly ‘Outstanding’: Land artist/al fresco pioneer Jim Denevan embraces the grand scale of outdoor places

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

Two June Santa Cruz events celebrate the work and life of local icon Jin Denevan. For First Friday, he’ll be on hand at...
Food & Drink

South County sips: A guide to the Corralitos Wine Trail

Food & Drink

South County sips: A guide to the Corralitos Wine Trail

By Laura Sutherland

Quick Take

No need to trek all the way to those packed valleys up north when the Corralitos Wine Trail will lead you to world-class...
City Life

‘Tis the season for free music outdoors, and Santa Cruz County is happy to oblige

City Life

‘Tis the season for free music outdoors, and Santa Cruz County is happy to oblige

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

From the wharf and Boardwalk in Santa Cruz to the Capitola Village beachfront — and all kinds of other spots — free...
City Life

The downtown Santa Cruz development debate in art

City Life

The downtown Santa Cruz development debate in art

By Wallace Baine

Quick Take

Longtime local artist Russell Brutsche has some thoughts on the build-now mentality he sees powering the wave of...

More in City Life

Follow Us

twitterLookoutSCruz
instagramlookoutsantacruz
facebookLookoutSantaCruz

Copyright © 2023, Lookout Santa Cruz All Rights Reserved | CA Notice of Collection | Do Not Sell My Info | Sitemap
help@lookoutlocal.com