News, notes, events, recommendations and more from around Santa Cruz County food & drink via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Eaters Digest: Gelatin Glow tea bombs
Collagen-infused tea “bombs” from Gelatin Glow are giving Lily Belli a cute way to start her day.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, April 25-May 1
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Pajaro Valley chamber’s 2025 honorees, Paystand’s new tariff features, downtown changes afoot
Jess Brown of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and Laura Owen of Santa Cruz Community Credit Union are among those being honored by the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly survey of local business, which also includes a tech company helping navigate tariffs and downtown Santa Cruz development.
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Lily Belli on Food: Salmon fishery takes another hit, tariff anxieties and a wedding gift worth the wait
News, notes, events, recommendations and more from around Santa Cruz County food & drink via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Santa Cruz County business filings: Week of April 21, 2025
The latest Santa Cruz County business filings of anyone conducting business for profit under a fictitious business name
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Eaters Digest: Lacto crudité at Emerald Mallard
Felton’s Emerald Mallard might not be known for its vegetables, but chef Lance Ebert’s crudité platter is spring incarnate, Lily Belli writes.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, April 18-24
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Expanding broadband access in county’s rural areas; imagining a downtown without cars
In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko spotlights upcoming events with a focus on improving high-speed internet access across Santa Cruz County, notes a push make downtown more pedestrian-friendly and compiles names, numbers and dates to know.
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California salmon season canceled for third year in a row, but will open for limited recreational dates
For the third year in a row, California’s commercial salmon fishing season has been canceled due to critically low fish stocks, dealing another major blow to the state’s struggling fishing industry. While commercial boats remain docked, limited recreational salmon fishing will be allowed statewide on select dates this summer and fall.