Pleasure Point & Live Oak Archives

COVID 2022

COVID-19 updates in Santa Cruz County: Infections, hospitalizations, deaths and demographic data

by Lookout Santa Cruz Staff January 27, 2022

New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

City Life

BOLO Best Bets: Get all jazzed up as the calendar heads to February

by Lookout Santa Cruz Team BOLO January 27, 2022

Your place to go for things to do in Santa Cruz County.

Nicolas Angulo, 14, gets his first vaccine at San Pedro Senior High

COVID 2022

Vaccine update: Rates, where to find a COVID shot or test; wait, cost and turnaround times

by Lookout Santa Cruz Staff January 26, 2022

While Santa Cruz County public schools have taken on the burden of teaching students in person during a pandemic,…

Monarch butterflies at Natural Bridges State Beach

Environment

Official count confirms monarch butterflies are back, in a big way

by Wallace Baine January 25, 2022October 9, 2024

The nonprofit organization that monitors monarchs during their wintering months in the West announced Tuesday that butterfly populations have jumped from 2020-21 numbers by more than a hundredfold, from an all-time low of less than 2,000 to almost a quarter-million.

Grace Stetson as drawn by visiting Boardwalk artist Candy Briones in July 2021.

Housing & Development

From landing pad to uncertainty in six months: Santa Cruz’s housing market swerved on this reporter again

by Grace Stetson January 24, 2022

With the future unclear yet again, will Grace have to return to the endless Craigslist and Facebook searches she long ago came to dread? Come along on our affordability correspondent’s latest quixotic journey through the rental market.

The scene last Saturday at Santa Cruz Harbor, when a tsunami caused some flooding in the parking lots.

Environment

Santa Cruz Harbor back on solid footing post-tsunami, but long-term repairs loom

by Max Chun January 21, 2022November 23, 2023

Though last Saturday’s surge caused limited damage to Santa Cruz Harbor, and much has already been repaired, officials estimated the total bill at $6.5 million.