A petition by an environmental advocacy group to the state’s Fish and Game Commission would establish a state marine reserve off Pleasure Point and expand a reserve adjacent to Natural Bridges State Beach. Local lawmakers, along with the fishing and surfing communities, have come out against the idea.
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Trial time frame tentatively set in murder case of Pleasure Point tech executive Tushar Atre
The trial in the murder case of a tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre is tentatively set to begin in March 2024. On Monday, an attorney for Kaleb Charters, one of the four men charged in Atre’s kidnapping and murder, challenged DNA evidence and law enforcement statements. Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Stephen Siegel ordered a Dec. 4 hearing to review the concerns and determine whether to toss out evidence in the case.
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Pleasure Point breakfast spot Cliff Café to close after 33 years
Since 1982, Cliff Café has been a Pleasure Point staple for home-cooked breakfast. Now, the restaurant will close at the end of November because the building will be redeveloped.
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A driver’s guide to Santa Cruz County road delays to come
Major road work is coming in 2024, and three major east-west arteries — Murray Street, Highway 1 and Soquel Drive — will all see delays and potential closures over the next few years, which could make an already crowded commute even more time-consuming. Now, Carmageddon keeps you updated weekly on the projects that might slow your drive.
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Live Oak School District, seniors services clash over ‘illegal’ requirement to support teacher housing bond
Negotiations between Live Oak School District and two local seniors organizations renting a district-owned property have hit a roadblock over the district’s requirement that the organizations publicly endorse a bond measure for teacher housing as part of the lease agreement. Community Bridges, which runs Meals on Wheels out of the building, has called the demand illegal and a violation of the California Education Code. The district says the requirement is a response to comments by Community Bridges staff that they would campaign against the bond unless the district agreed to the organization’s lease terms.
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A bountiful fall: 23 foodie events happening in Santa Cruz County this month
Local calendars are filling up with food-themed fall events. Lookout food and drink correspondent Lily Belli collected them all in one place, and notes her picks for the best events of the season.
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SC Bread Boy + French bistro = smash burgers cranked up to 11
Lance Ebert, the chef and larger-than-life personality behind SC Bread Boy, began by selling cannolis and focaccia off the back of his Vespa on East Cliff Drive. Now, he pops up three times a week to offer extravagant and skillfully prepared smash burgers inspired by French bistro classics.
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District 1 county supervisor race raises specter of Measure D’s battle over Coastal Rail Trail
The 2024 elections are more than a year away, but the race for District 1 Santa Cruz County supervisor is already heating up. Incumbent Manu Koenig and challenger Lani Faulkner both accuse the other of being single-issue candidates. That single issue? The long-envisioned coastal passenger rail line connecting Davenport and Watsonville, known as the Coastal Rail Trail project.
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Squishy, bouncy, fluffy: Mochi doughnuts delight at Dunlap’s Donuts
The mochi doughnuts at Dunlap’s Donuts in Pleasure Point balance the fluffy texture of traditional doughnuts with chewy, squishy mochi, and are topped with nontraditional flavors.
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Judge in Tushar Atre murder case rejects defense effort to challenge surveillance-footage search warrant
The attorney for one of the defendants, Stephen Lindsay, argued Wednesday that Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office investigators made misleading statements in a search warrant for surveillance footage from a Las Vegas gym. Prosecutors say that footage matches the appearances of Lindsay and another suspect with those of figures captured in surveillance footage from near Atre’s Pleasure Point residence around the time Atre was killed in October 2019.