More than ever, COVID-beleaguered parents need “Waves of Self Care: It Takes a Village,” the new book by Capitola’s Jaime McFaden. And Lookout parenting columnist Liza Monroy helps out with a half-dozen tips on how to arrange a date night around Santa Cruz County.
Pleasure Point & Live Oak
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Pleasure Point is not a place for high rises: Rezone our neighborhood the right way
The neighborhood group Save Pleasure Point wants to protect the culture and character of its eclectic coastline community by preventing Santa Cruz County from rezoning Portola Drive to the maximum urban density allowable under code. The group isn’t against building, members write — just against what it sees as too much building too fast for an area it says is already burdened with parking, traffic and safety concerns. Save Pleasure Point offers an alternative solution.
Posted inFood & Drink
Lily Belli on Food: Giant leap for Cabrillo wine program, restaurant supply gets a boost and an apricot bonanza
Heads up, foodies: I’m now sending alerts every time I publish a story. Sign up for texts from me here. Thanks to those of you who’ve already subscribed and offered your thoughts! And catch up on my recent work here. … When longtime Cabrillo College culinary arts instructor Sue Slater retired in 2019, some wondered […]
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Outage over; balloons cause power loss, PG&E warns grads and dads
Around 6,400 households and businesses on Santa Cruz’s Westside and elsewhere lost power Friday morning after Pacific Gas & Electric said a metallic balloon entangled in its equipment touched off the outage around 9 a.m. The utility restored power to the vast majority of customers by 12:45 p.m.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
When is your new library ready? A Lookout guide to the emerging branches
Four redone Santa Cruz County library branches have reopened and four more will throw open their doors by the end of the year. We check in on the generational investment of $67 million county voters made in 2016.
Posted inFood & Drink
Anonymous complaints have curtailed New Bohemia’s outdoor business, cost it $25,000 and forced layoffs
With outdoor operations all the rage under COVID, will New Bohemia Brewing Company’s struggles be shared by others?
Posted inFood & Drink
EATERS DIGEST: Funk’s Franks, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing turns 17 and ‘All About Gin’
Chicago native Charlie Funk brings classics from the Windy City to Santa Cruz with his Funk’s Franks food truck, glass shortage shocks local wineries, plus this weekend’s beer-filled events.
Posted inHousing & Development
‘Not everybody really gets to live in a beach town’: Realtors on what’s ‘getting worse’ in Santa Cruz real estate
Suddenly rising interest rates have thrown a new wrench into the plans of prospective home buyers. Can it get any worse? We asked a pair of real estate agents, veteran Kelley Trousdale and relative newcomer Rebecca Wallace.
Posted inHousing & Development
Lookout Update: MidPen celebrates 1500 Capitola Road groundbreaking, following five-year development process
After five years of development, a local nonprofit developer broke ground Wednesday on 57 units of affordable housing in Live Oak. Said MidPen CEO Matt Franklin: “This was remarkably hard to bring all of this together.”
Posted inFood & Drink
Ask Lookout: Wait, which is the real original Ferrell’s Donuts?
Seventy-three years ago, the first Ferrell’s started satisfying local tastes. Now there are five of them around the county, but answering that question of what’s “original” led us on a wild trek.