Buying locally produced food and goods benefits you and your community in more ways than you think.
COVID 2022
California’s coronavirus case rate now the lowest in the continental U.S.
California’s latest seven-day new case rate — 40.3 per 100,000 people — is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 over that same time period.
COVID PM | BREAKING: Santa Cruz County among first to head to yellow tier, plus another Lookout event
Happy, Tuesday, and, before the big news, here’s our next big event: It’s two weeks from tonight, we’re calling it “Santa Cruz Eats” and it will be very cool. Not just because I’m co-hosting (!), but because we’ll have the good fortune of picking the brains of a handful of the area’s most prominent food […]
Santa Cruz County on track to be among first to enter yellow tier: Here’s what will change
Currently only three of California’s 58 counties are in the yellow tier, and Santa Cruz is one of just five counties in the orange tier that have met yellow tier requirements and could make the move to yellow next week.
COVID PM: Aptos High hoops quarantine begs the question…why not take it outside?
Over the years, programs at Life Lab have emerged into one of the premier educational resources for gardening in the…
COVID PM: Talking vaccine side effects + California is well on its way
Buying locally produced food and goods benefits you and your community in more ways than you think.
COVID-19 vaccines without the needle? Researchers working on capsules, nasal sprays
Researchers are developing vaccines that could be taken as a capsule, a dissolvable tablet or a nasal spray. But the barriers to success are high.
COVID PM: The pandemic sacks the Saturn Cafe…we try to help your vax hunt via video
Wild Poppies – a small local olive oil business – was created by two sisters, Kim Null and Jamie de Sieyes. Their…
WATCH: County health leadership gives update on virus, vaccines
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Team Lookout prepares for Vax Day by doing its best to get appointments — here’s what happened
While most years April 15 is Tax Day, this one has even greater significance — at least in California where everyone age 16 and up will now be eligible for vaccination. Here are three editors’ vaccine hunt stories in advance of Vax Day.

