San Onofre’s nuclear waste has been stored on a beach for years. This lawmaker wants to find a community willing to take it.
Environment
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new exhibit invites kids to waddle like penguins and leap like fish
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new Ocean in Motion/La Danza del Mar exhibit opens Nov. 7, inviting children to waddle like penguins, leap like blennies and explore through sensory play – all with the goal of building empathy for marine life.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
A Lookout View: Yes on Measure D
Our ocean is our home in Santa Cruz County and we need to do all we can to protect it. Measure D takes a modest step in that direction by giving local communities a measure of control over decisions about our coast. The Lookout Editorial Board endorses it with a yes vote.
Posted inLatest News
Vital Central Valley flood control levees are poorly maintained, state watchdog finds
With California bracing for a wet winter, the state auditor warns that nearly a third of local agencies maintaining vital flood control levees in parts of the Central Valley have been performing “unacceptable routine maintenance” — some of them for years.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Cruz Foam had a promising idea. Why couldn’t it make its sustainable packaging business work?
Cruz Foam’s biodegradable packing material made from shrimp shells and food waste attracted wide attention and big-name investors, but the Santa Cruz-based company has closed up shop after what one former exec says were struggles to solve the full range of problems its customers needed packaging to address.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Santa Cruz taxidermy lecture explores how preserving animals can inspire conservation
After nearly 20 years in taxidermy, Allis Markham says the point isn’t realism. It’s connection. The Los Angeles-based master taxidermist will talk Thursday at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz about how salvaged animals in museums and nature centers get people to care about wildlife and the threats it faces.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Dozens of California dams need repair as El Niño winter draws closer
As El Niño nears, California found 57 dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition, and regulators have never yet penalized an owner.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
How would Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton manage California’s most precious resource, water?
CalMatters asked California gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton how they’d manage conflicts over water. The Republican endorsed more spending on dams.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Prop 45 explained: CEQA overhaul could shift who holds power over building
Aiming to streamline reviews under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, Proposition 45 would shift who’s in charge of building in the Golden State. Supporters say it would also speed it up.
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Santa Cruz County coast faces possible coastal flooding, 16-foot waves and dangerous surf
The National Weather Service will issue a coastal flood advisory beginning on Friday and a beach hazards statement on Saturday.
