The city of Santa Cruz was sued by homeless residents and the Santa Cruz Homeless Union on Wednesday morning over the city’s order demanding an encampment at San Lorenzo Park be cleared before Jan. 6. A judge approved the restraining order later in the day.
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Free bus service around Santa Cruz, and over Highway 17, on New Year’s Eve, Day
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Stimulus checks are coming. How much will you get and when?
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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21 for ’21: Jacob Martinez and the fine art of nest-building
If you build a solid nest at home, it’s a pretty good jumping-off point for building community nests far and wide. At least that’s how it’s played out for the innovator behind DigitalNEST, the organization seeking to establish Silicon Valley equity for underserved Latinx communities across the Bay Area.
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What to do when ‘The Blue Mind’ is turned to gray by 2020?
Writer, biologist, and philosopher Wallace J. Nichols was living a charmed life until the pandemic took away his livelihood and the fires his family’s home up the ‘Slow Coast’ north of Santa Cruz. Rather than run from the pain of it all, Nichols chose to feel it — and of course write it.
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Meet Mrs. Mayor: Yvette Brooks hopes to lead Capitola into a more diversity-minded future
Yvette Brooks, 37, is Capitola’s new mayor. And she brings with her a perspective that may help expand the thinking around diversity and inclusiveness in a city that is 60% white.
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We asked, you answered: Surfers offer safety solutions in response to Lookout stories
A Lookout survey asked surfers their thoughts about problems that are making paddling into Santa Cruz waters increasingly dangerous — and what solutions they think might be viable to explore in 2021.
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The last laugh, for now: DNA’s Comedy Lab succumbs to pandemic
After only a year in business pre-pandemic, Santa Cruz’s most prominent comedy club announces its closure on Christmas Eve.
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Power outage hits more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Billions of dollars are spent on fighting California wildfires, but where’s the money for prevention?
The state’s focus on fighting fires has some experts asking, “Does California need a new agency to focus on wildfire prevention?”