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A rainy good morning to you, Lookout friends! Today is Monday, April 11, and much-needed showers are forecast to be with us through the morning, with some sunshine perhaps peeking through later as temperatures hover in the 50s. We’re all about surfing this morning as Santa Cruz gets ready to celebrate 10 years as one […]

Well, well, well. We meet again. It’s Friday, April 8, and Santa Cruz County will be a bit cooler than yesterday, with temps ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. And a very happy Opening Day to all who celebrate! Yes, I know the slightly delayed baseball season kicked off yesterday, but it’s not really […]

Good morning, folks! It’s Thursday, April 7, and you’d better enjoy our morning cool, because Santa Cruz County is going to heat up today, with highs from the mid-80s well into the 90s. We’re beginning today on campus at UC Santa Cruz, where an indoor mask mandate is set to end effective Sunday — leaving […]

Hello, hello, hello! Today is Wednesday, April 6, and Mother Nature is turning up the heat on us, with temperatures around Santa Cruz County forecast to hit the 80s and possibly 90 under sunny skies. In case you missed it, unionizing efforts at Santa Cruz Starbucks stores got a big boost yesterday with news that […]

Greetings, friends! It’s Tuesday, April 5, and Santa Cruz County has another nice day ahead, mostly sunny and highs in the upper 60s and low 70s … with an up-and-down ride ahead, per our friends at the National Weather Service: It’s definitely been an interesting ride for Manu Koenig, too, and the county supervisor talked […]

Hiya, Santa Cruz County! Today is Monday, April 4, and we’ve got a mainly sunny day ahead with highs in the 60s and lower 70s — with much warmer temperatures headed our way. We’re kicking this week off with a look at the “revival” on the UC Santa Cruz campus with students back in person, […]

Greetings, Lookout peeps! Like you, I was pretty surprised to wake up to an inch of fresh snow on my sidewalk. Definitely don’t have the right shovel for this. Oh, and it’s Friday, April 1 … so April Fool’s! I know, I know, you folks are too smart to fall for that stuff. We’re actually […]

Hello, hello, hello! It’s Thursday, March 31, and Santa Cruz County has a cloudy morning ahead, with the sun peeking out later and temperatures in the upper 50s to mid-60s. I won’t lie — this is hitting your inbox a little later than usual after some tech issues, but that doesn’t mean Lookout doesn’t have […]

Greetings, Santa Cruz County! It’s Wednesday, March 30, and we’re looking at partly cloudy skies around our area today, with high temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. It’s a very Westside Wednesday here at Lookout as we launch our Area Guides with a deep dive that starts with answering what makes it the […]

Hello there, Lookout fam! Today is Tuesday, March 29, and the forecast is calling for a partly cloudy day for Santa Cruz County, with temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. Clouds of a different sort still linger here after a string of serial killings in the 1970s that brought Santa Cruz the unwanted […]