The sporting goods co-op is set to officially open up shop in Santa Cruz next Friday, with 51 employees at its Live Oak location. Yet some local business owners are hesitant about the store’s potential: “It will be interesting to see how this plays out.”
Fitness
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Q&A: Meet the security guard who got a shot at pro ball with invite to Santa Cruz Warriors workout
Jon Amey, a full-time security guard at Chase Center in San Francisco, recently got a shot to prove his skills as a professional basketball player during an invite-only workout with the G League Santa Cruz Warriors. Though he didn’t make it in the end, he sat down with Lookout to talk about his experience.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
‘Just people trying to survive’: Operating a fitness business in Santa Cruz has only gotten trickier
Small gyms are the name of the game in chain-averse Santa Cruz, but local owners say that even with their close-knit communities, there’s no strong-arming the area’s high cost of living — and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic added to the degree of difficulty.
Posted inCoast Life
Peddling with purpose: Sex trafficking awareness at the core of young cyclists’ West Coast mission
The women’s course, which began June 11 in rainy Seattle, aims for an end 51 days later in San Diego.
Posted inEnvironment
Open trails at Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument by next summer? What to know on BLM’s latest move
The Bureau of Land Management finalized its use plan Wednesday for the 5,800-acre area north of Santa Cruz, and the head of the local nonprofit that’s partnering with the agency to build trails on the property hopes it could be open for hiking, biking and more by next summer.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Smoother ride for bikes on Portola Drive? What to know about county’s temporary makeover
A Santa Cruz County project that runs through July 21 cuts space for cars between 36th and 41st avenues in Pleasure Point and adds protection for cyclists and pedestrians. And the county is offering pizza and other freebies to tempt you to take a survey about it.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Toy store swap: Outdoors giant REI taking over former Toys R Us space in unincorporated Santa Cruz
The Seattle-based co-op retailer will open its latest store, its 15th in the Northern California region, in the fall. Its closest current stores are in Monterey and Saratoga.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
High school runners get out of pandemic block; could football get Hail Mary pass from Gov. Newsom?
PREP SPORTS’ RETURN: The games finally have begun going on — but for now, just a few. Whether contact sports like football, wrestling, water polo and basketball happen will depend on just how quickly the virus decrease continues or whether there is a revision from the state.
Posted inCoast Life
WATCH: Drone footage shows how surfers came to aid of young, capsized sailors
If the wave that breaks off the Santa Cruz Harbor didn’t attract some of the area’s most knowledgable surfers, things might’ve been much worse when small boats with young children capsized there Sunday afternoon.
Posted inCoast Life
‘I want a plan’: In wake of junior sailors getting capsized, parents seek more answers
After some of their youth sailboats capsized leading to a dramatic rescue mission Sunday, the Santa Cruz Yacht Club told parents Monday it is reviewing safety protocols and changing its guidelines “on when to have the kids sail outside the harbor.”