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Morning Lookout: UCSC’s peaceful encampment, Live Oak farmers market staying put, teen’s fentanyl film
Thursday news and opinion coverage of Santa Cruz County from Lookout.
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‘Fentanyl High’: Student filmmaker explores root causes of teen drug crisis
After a schoolmate was expelled for overdosing in class, student filmmaker Kyle Santoro began exploring the roots of the opioid crisis among teens and what was causing his fellow classmates to self-medicate. His film “Fentanyl High” screens Thursday at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz and May 15 at CineLux Green Valley in Watsonville.
Posted inFood & Drink
Live Oak farmers market signs lease with Swenson to stay at East Cliff mall for another year
On Wednesday, the Live Oak farmers market signed a new lease agreement with Swenson that will allow it to stay at the East Cliff Village Shopping Center, its current home of 22 years, through May 2025. In March, its long-term agreement with property owner Swenson Builders dissolved, forcing the market to spend the past two months searching for a new home.
Posted inEducation
Amid crackdowns on student protests nationwide, UCSC sprouts a homegrown, peaceful pro-Palestine encampment
Police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators on college campuses across the U.S. on Wednesday. It was a jarring contrast to the civil scene at UC Santa Cruz, where hundreds of students and faculty marched in a dense yet orderly phalanx across campus and into Quarry Plaza, where about 50 to 60 protesters set up a tent encampment.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Remembering Zainab Mansoor
Tae Yun Kang, a first-year literature and linguistics student at UC Santa Cruz, remembers fellow student Zainab Mansoor, 21, as kind, compassionate and someone uniquely able to make strangers feel welcome. Mansoor died in February and police have arrested her boyfriend, a former UCSC student, on charges of homicide. Here, Tae Yun writes about meeting Zainab, why she misses her and looks for people like her in all her classes.
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Hundreds march at UC Santa Cruz in Gaza protest, set up Quarry Plaza encampment
With a May Day march and rally Wednesday, UCSC joins dozens of campuses across the country that have been the site of marches and encampments by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The clashes have turned violent at some schools, but Wednesday’s gathering at UCSC remained largely peaceful as school officials kept a watchful eye.
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Morning Lookout: Food Bin vote postponed, supes OK rail trail segments, local biz roundup
Santa Cruz County headlines for Wednesday, May 1.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Paystand’s progress, food and beverage spots for lease, Joby inks Abu Dhabi partnership
Scotts Valley’s Paystand aims to become the “Venmo of business-to-business payments,” with its latest acquisition, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her latest business roundup. Plus, leases for a downtown Santa Cruz food kiosk and cafes at the Tannery Arts Center and on Cedar Street are up for grabs. And Joby Aviation partners with Abu Dhabi and expands its Marina facility.
Posted inHousing & Development
‘Get real’: City council, neighbors blast Food Bin developer, postpone vote on project
Tensions continue to flare over a proposed redevelopment of the Food Bin property on Mission Street, a project widely viewed as a sign of a rapidly changing Santa Cruz. On Tuesday, the city council postponed its decision on the project until May 28.
