The Santa Cruz City Council voted against a one-way West Cliff Drive pilot project Tuesday, saying that the community and the council need more time before making a major decision on the matter. Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson introduced a motion with alternative next steps, which passed unanimously.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: REI employees’ union push, salmon decision day and East Cliff Village plans
REI is the latest among Santa Cruz County stores to move toward unionization, following recent efforts at local Starbucks, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her latest business roundup. Also included: when the local salmon fleet will hear about the upcoming season, development plans for the Live Oak farmers market’s current site, comings and goings and dates to save.
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Lily Belli on Food: Chef Majano’s welcome return, Palapas changing hands and Taste of Terroir
A taste of Santa Cruz County’s food and drink scene from Lily Belli.
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Morning Lookout: New downtown seafood spot, housing market warms and a rabbi’s journey
Tuesday’s top headlines and Community Voices opinion from Lookout Santa Cruz.
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With Hook & Line, chef Majano and team bring seafood focus to former Soif spot downtown
Four years since his previous project, chef Santos Majano returns to the Santa Cruz dining scene with Hook & Line. The sustainable seafood restaurant opens Thursday in the former downtown home of Soif Wine Bar & Merchant, where Majano was the executive chef from 2009 to 2014.
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Santa Cruz County housing market heating up as spring and summer near
The spring and summer housing market is beginning to manifest in Santa Cruz, with the county seeing more than 20 more home sales in March than it did in February. It’s still a seller’s market, though, and buyers are working creatively with lenders and real estate agents to navigate the crowded and competitive market.
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I went to Israel and the West Bank and came back with a message: Let’s build together and stop screaming at each other
Rabbi Paula Marcus, who leads Aptos’ Temple Beth El, just returned from Israel and the West Bank on a listening tour. She says she knows some have criticized her for not speaking out about the war in Gaza, but she wanted first to better understand how people experiencing the war on both sides are coping. She calls for a bilateral cease-fire and urges us to do what activists she met are doing: working together for peace.
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In the Public Interest: A big week for decision-makers up and down Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and city councils in Watsonville and Santa Cruz take on notable agenda items at Tuesday meetings. Christopher Neely previews it all, plus other news and notes from the local politics and policy scene, in his weekly newsletter.
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Morning Lookout: School district consolidation, packed agendas for local electeds and replacing rail bridges
Monday’s top Santa Cruz County headlines.
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Carmageddon: RTC eyes replacing 23 train bridges as it moves toward passenger rail in Santa Cruz County
Any manifestation of passenger rail in Santa Cruz County is still years away, but Regional Transportation Commission staff will get going on very early work this year. On Thursday, the commission voted to allow staff to begin preliminary designs and design repairs to existing Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line infrastructure — including the possible replacement of some historic bridges within the county.
