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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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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It will be a rainy Christmas, but mudslide risk low in Santa Cruz Mountains
Moving south over the Bay Area, rain should pick up later in the afternoon Christmas Day and persist early into Saturday. Then another, smaller system will move through.
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21 for ’21: How Jason Borgen has helped retool schools for an ‘anytime-anywhere’ approach
When the pandemic changed the way schools operate, Jason Borgen, the chief technology officer at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, and his colleagues had to make sure students had the tools they needed to learn from home and teachers were trained on how to navigate distance learning and online classroom settings.
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Morning Lookout: State vaccine panel meets today, crab season conundrum and more
The campus continues to make advancements in the areas of housing, transportation, and water conservation.
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A billion dollars in relief coming to California’s community colleges and their students; will it be enough?
Cabrillo College plans to keep most students off campus until spring 2022, while UC Santa Cruz will stay mostly remote…
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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?”
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‘Constant tippy-toe’: At UCSC, strict protocols may have kept a lid on the spread of COVID-19
Community members, students and faculty from the UC Santa Cruz campus gathered Wednesday night to mourn the lives lost…