Greetings, friends! Today is Monday, April 25, and a mostly sunny day is ahead for Santa Cruz County, with highs nearing 80 in some spots. There’s much to cover as we kick off a new week, not least a reminder about tonight’s virtual town hall and listening session on the fentanyl crisis: Ahead of that […]
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Morning Lookout: Fentanyl’s painful death toll grows; new leaders at local nonprofits
Good morning, folks. Today is Friday, April 22, and Santa Cruz County could see a little more rain this morning before the sun peeks out later in the day, with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. This morning brings the first part of a series months in the making here at Lookout: “Poisoned” […]
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Morning Lookout: Downtown library project updates; Santa Cruz voters’ map choices
Hello hello, Lookout friends! It’s Thursday, April 21, and Santa Cruz County is going to be dodging the raindrops all day, with high temperatures in the mid-50s and lower 60s. We’re starting off this morning with an update on plans for Santa Cruz’s new downtown library — the city will present the new details during […]
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Morning Lookout: Baking up some 4/20 treats; local singer’s Dead Nettle act
Good morning, Santa Cruz County! It’s Wednesday, April 20, and this is Will, home again from my brief sojourn to parts north. I’ve arranged for some rain to follow me back, and after a mix of sun and clouds and highs in the low to mid-60s, much-needed precip should arrive in the p.m. hours and […]
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Morning Lookout: Warriors in the plans? Climate change talk at UCSC
Good morning, everybody. Will isn’t back until tomorrow, so it’s Mark again. You’ll notice some slick streets out there so please drive carefully wherever you’re headed on this Tuesday morning. It appears some more substantial April showers could be headed our way Thursday so stay tuned for further details on that weather event. Highlighting our […]
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Morning Lookout: A new leader, era for the river & more affordability woes
Good morning, everyone! Will has a few more hard-earned days off, so you’re stuck with me, Mark Conley, to trudge you through the dreaded Tax Day morning. (Unless you are an accountant, of course — then you might have already moved on to some fun vacation thoughts and left any dread far behind. 😉) Either […]
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Morning Lookout: Music among the dead, a well-put Weekender
Good morning! ☀️ I’m Giovanni Moujaes, filling in for the esteemed Morning Lookouter Will McCahill, who’s enjoying some well-deserved R&R. It’s Friday, April 15 — Good Friday, to be exact, for those who celebrate Easter. If you’re receiving this newsletter via email, you’ve already made my day 🙌 We experienced a technical outage with our […]
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Morning Lookout: UCSC’s star mentor and Cabrillo horticulturist in full bloom
Email outage: Didn’t receive Morning Lookout via email? We’re experiencing a technical outage with our email provider and working to get it resolved. Until then, you can see each of our newsletters on the site by searching their name. Morning, Lookout fam! It’s Thursday, April 14, and Santa Cruz County is looking at an overcast […]
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Morning Lookout: Quarry’s summer concert series; ban coming on gas-fueled cars?
Greetings, Lookout friends! Today is Wednesday, April 13, and it’ll be a mostly sunny day, with temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to the low 60s. With spring having sprung (today’s chilly start notwithstanding) and summer not far off, we got some more good news yesterday from UC Santa Cruz, where the Quarry Amphitheater is set […]
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Morning Lookout: UCSC’s genomics heroes; Actors’ Theatre festival goes on
A brisk good morning to you, Santa Cruz County! It’s Tuesday, April 12, and we’ve got a sunny day ahead of us, with temperatures in just the 50s amid breezy conditions. UC Santa Cruz scientists made worldwide headlines last month with news that they’d fully sequenced the human genome — an enormous leap that could […]
