Gusts reached up to 76 mph in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Tuesday, leading to downed trees and wires across the county. National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Canepa said the brunt of the system would pass through by Tuesday afternoon.
Pleasure Point & Live Oak
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Lily Belli on Food: Meals on Wheels seeks volunteers, Reef Dog’s supper club & dreams of spring planting
Hello eaters, Jessica M. Pasko here! While Lily is out on maternity leave, I’m pitching in on the latest local food news. A little about me — I’m a writer and a native of upstate New York, living in Santa Cruz for over a decade. Our rich food culture is just one of the many […]
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Volunteers wanted as Meals on Wheels prepares for next phase
Meals on Wheels, which has served more than 10 million meals to older Santa Cruz County residents in almost 50 years on the scene, is facing some uncertainty after being asked to move from its headquarters in a building belonging to the Live Oak School District. The program could also use some helping hands.
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Major Highway 1 tree removal making way for new lanes, pedestrian overcrossing
Highway 1 will begin to look a bit different starting in April, with partial bus-on-shoulder lanes and exit-only auxiliary lanes set to break ground between 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive. Though the goal is to improve efficiency for Santa Cruz County car and bus commuters alike, some have raised concerns that the projects will bring little to no traffic improvement.
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Highway 1 futility: Why you might soon be spending more time in traffic
Activist Rick Longinotti warns Highway 1 commuters about two county projects he believes will make traffic around Santa Cruz worse: the exit-only lane from Soquel Drive to 41st Avenue and a proposal for a Kaiser Permanente medical complex in Live Oak. The first will cause congestion and won’t bring improvement, he writes, while the second is misplaced and would “call for a 730-space parking structure, 50% larger than the current largest garage in the county.” Kaiser, he argues, should build so employees and patients have access to public transit.
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EATERS DIGEST: Ice cream for breakfast, winter citrus and seeking out the cheeseburger from ‘The Menu’
As we enter the first week of February, stave off winter colds with a citrus smorgasbord, enjoy Ice Cream for Breakfast Day at the Penny Ice Creamery, and Lily Belli looks for a local take on an iconic burger.
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EATERS DIGEST: Egg-cellent breakfast sandwiches at Mad Yolks, Mushroom Month downtown and a chowder call-out
Find rainy day comfort in satisfying breakfast sandwiches from new downtown egg-themed spot Mad Yolks, shumai bento boxes from pop-up Yakitori Toriman and truffles at Mentone.
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EATERS DIGEST: NYE plans, and the best things I ate and drank in 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, Lily Belli reflects on some of her favorite dishes and drinks from the past year. Plus, some suggestions for a festive New Year’s Eve.
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The second life of Rosemary Chalmers: A local media personality looks beyond KSCO
After KSCO announced that it was laying off its staff and ending live local programming, Rosemary Chalmers, one of the Santa Cruz radio station’s most high-profile on-air hosts took a deep breath and decided to branch off into a new media entity.
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Is the end near for local radio at Santa Cruz’s KSCO?
According to KSCO owner Michael Zwerling, local programming at the Santa Cruz AM radio station could be coming to an end. Zwerling has been trying for weeks to sell the station, and he says if he has no takers, he’ll convert the station to all syndicated programming on Jan. 1.