Hello, Lookout friends! It’s Monday, June 6, and we’re looking at a June-y mix of clouds and sun around Santa Cruz County, with highs in the 70s and low 80s. A heat wave is on the way, so enjoy the mild temps while we can. A heads-up if your plans this week will take you […]
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Morning Lookout: BLM mural vandalism latest and a plea change for local fitness CEO
Hiya, folks! It’s Friday, June 3, and the forecast is a typical one for Santa Cruz County this time of year: the marine layer doing its June gloom thing in some spots, mostly sunny elsewhere, and highs in the 60s and 70s. Lookout is keeping an eye on court proceedings today: Grace Stetson has the […]
Morning Lookout: Arming voters on D and transitional kindergarten options explained
Hello, friends! It’s Thursday, June 2, and a mix of sun and clouds is in store today for Santa Cruz County, with highs generally in the 70s. We’re in the final week before balloting ends, with Measure D taking up much of the local election bandwidth. The rail-trail puzzle also takes up plenty of bandwidth […]
Morning Lookout: West Cliff icon’s fate, home-stretch election guide + Pride festivities
Hello hello, Lookout friends! It’s Wednesday, June 1, and Santa Cruz County has another sunny one ahead, with high temperatures ranging from the 70s into the upper 80s. Temperatures are certainly elevated around our county as we head toward the June 7 election, and if you’re still poring over that ballot, we’ve got a handy […]
Morning Lookout: Fermentation guru, motivated Harbor High grad and Measure D leaders
Good morning, Santa Cruz County! Today is Tuesday, May 31, and our forecast calls for a mainly sunny day, with highs from the low 70s to the low 80s. I hope you had a safe, relaxing long weekend, but if you’re still shaking off the cobwebs … well, Lookout has plenty to help with that: […]
Morning Lookout: Two ‘No’ leaders, ‘Yes’’ chief and coping with trauma
Welcome to our Memorial Day edition of Morning Lookout. We hope today is a great continuation of your three-day weekend. Just in case you need some more ideas about what can do throughout these glorious spring days in Santa Cruz County, check out: Wallace Baine’s Weekender: Wallace – with his newly launched B9– succinctly gives […]
Morning Lookout: A reimagined Big Basin and SC Shakespeare forges ahead
Greetings, folks. Today is Friday, May 27, and it’ll be another day of May gray for many coastal folks, with temps in the 60s, with the sun peeking out and highs approaching 80 in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Do you want to help us tell our county’s important stories? You can do just that by […]
Morning Lookout: A Measure D unicorn; District 4 Supervisor candidates make their cases
Hello and good morning. It’s Thursday, May 26, and Santa Cruz County will be a little cooler after nature’s air conditioning kicked in yesterday, with temperatures ranging from the 60s to the upper 70s under partly cloudy skies. Lookout’s spring membership drive is rolling on with Thank You Thursday: Thank you to all our current […]
Morning Lookout: What’s with all those boats; Assembly District 30 candidates in spotlight
Good morning, Lookout friends. Today is Wednesday, May 25, and another mostly sunny day is ahead for Santa Cruz County, with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s at the coast to nearing 90 in the mountains. We’re in the midst of our spring membership drive here at Lookout, and today we’re highlighting all the perks […]
Morning Lookout: ‘Good trouble’ on affordable housing; Watsonville hospital deadline looms
Good morning, Santa Cruz County! It’s Tuesday, May 24, and a sunny day is ahead — and it will be a sweltering one the farther inland you go, with highs in just the 70s near the coast but approaching 100 in our mountain communities. As part of Lookout’s spring membership drive, this week we’re highlighting […]

