UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College are preparing to submit a bid later this month for state funding to build a 624-bed student housing complex that would be run jointly by the two schools. The project, to be located next to the softball fields at Cabrillo’s Aptos campus, would also include a child care center.
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Lookout Update: Judge rules personnel files of former Cabrillo baseball coach will remain private
The documents detailing why and how Bob Kittle was terminated at Cabrillo College will not be released publicly after a judge ruled to uphold a temporary injunction filed in October. Cabrillo leadership says it has no plans to appeal and supports the judge’s decision.
Cabrillo College plans for 25-member advisory board, community surveys in renaming process
Cabrillo College’s governing board briefly outlined the process to rename the school at a meeting Tuesday. Among the steps: The board plans to solicit applications from campus and community members to form a “name advisory committee” of up to 25 people to help narrow the list of potential new names to three to five.
Student Lookout: Storm updates, Walnut Avenue Cafe & Downtown Fridays
Santa Cruz County has taken a battering over the past 10 days, and Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Capitola on Tuesday,…
Student Lookout: First Friday, Mad Yolks and what to know about the Santa Cruz County storm
Storm Central keeps you updated as we watch, wait and assess. Check back here as Lookout correspondents reach out across…
Student Lookout: New Year’s Eve, one more holiday fair and the last deals of 2022
Ahead of the grading deadline for fall quarter, UC Santa Cruz instructors and students say campus officials are working…
Cabrillo College name change: The life and death of a good idea
Splitting the baby down the middle is often the worst outcome of any contentious debate like the Cabrillo College name-change discourse. But in this case, might “Cabrilla” be the answer? The change is as minimalist as you can get, a single syllable, a single utterance. It’s a great idea. And it’ll never happen.
Student Lookout: ‘Die Hard,’ fungus fair and the miracle of bacon pasta
As the quarter comes to a close, UC Santa Cruz union leaders say there are new opportunities to boost their leverage in…
Student Lookout: Firefly Coffee, the Lighted Boat Parade and some holiday shopping recs
Local historian and longtime Cabrillo College instructor Sandy Lydon started working at the college 10 years after it…
We asked you to vote on a new name for Cabrillo College; here are the results of our reader poll
Last month, Lookout asked readers to weigh in with suggestions for Cabrillo College’s new name — selecting either from a multiple-choice list of names or submitting ideas of their own. Here’s a sampling of the responses.

