A protest called “Shut it down for Palestine” saw more than 300 demonstrators block the UC Santa Cruz campus entrance Thursday morning into the afternoon.
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Weekender: Turning out for Tammi Brown, folklorico takes center stage and a local Oscar nominee
Hi friends, As someone who fights a sense of doom and ennui whenever the time changes in November, I’d like a word with whoever coined “Seasonal Affective Disorder,” just to create the acronym SAD. Sure, it’s clever. But you’re not helping anyone. I’d call that Brazenly Asinine Disrespect. Now, on with the show. This Just […]
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Morning Lookout: Remembering a community powerhouse; demanding action at animal shelter
Major road work is coming in 2024, and three major east-west arteries — Murray Street, Highway 1 and Soquel Drive — will…
Posted inEnvironment
Desperate for water, a desert city hopes to build a pipeline to the California Aqueduct
Plans to build a $200 million water pipeline across the Mojave Desert to supply the city of Ridgecrest are angering environmentalists, farmers and miners.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Despite fears, election day in Shasta County comes off with little conflict
Protesters mostly stayed away from the vote count by Registrar-Recorder Cathy Darling Allen, who had vowed to follow state law and use voting machines.
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‘It’s a different world and a different political landscape here without Glen Schaller’
Longtime labor and voting champion and community activist Glen Schaller died unexpectedly last week, three days shy of his 67th birthday. Political figures throughout the region say the impact of his work is reflected every day in the lives of people and policies of Santa Cruz County.
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Lookout PM: UCSC Palestine protest, Weekender, and remembering Glen Schaller
A protest called “Shut it down for Palestine” saw more than 300 demonstrators block the UC Santa Cruz campus entrance…
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has too many pets and too little staff; we need action now
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter population is exploding with mistreated, unwanted, abused and abandoned pets and too few staff members and volunteers to care for them, volunteers and staff write. Most of the issues, they say, stem from bad shelter management and inaction. Volunteers and staff, united here under their union, insist they are burned out and frustrated by poor leadership choices. They have created a petition to get action for themselves and the animals in their care.
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Letter to the editor: We must do better to keep our waterways clean, for now and for our future
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: I have volunteered three times to clean up the trash left by transients on the Corralitos Creek near Safeway. Yesterday I was astonished by the conditions of the creek and the blatant disregard for our […]
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Morning Lookout: Carmageddon guide, skateboarder Oyama’s overdue spotlight & local biz roundup
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko checks in on the…