Nov. 13-19 is national Transgender Awareness Week, and in a Community Voices opinion piece, Adam Spickler, a Cabrillo College trustee and one of only four openly transgender people to hold elected office in all of California, shares their coming-out story. Adam wishes when they were growing up in the 1980s and 1990s that they had transgender role models.
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‘Midtown’ vs. ‘Eastside’: Local readers have their say
After Wallace Baine went looking for whether the part of Santa Cruz east of downtown should be called “Midtown” or “Eastside,” we polled Lookout readers for their opinions. Many weighed in, and though one option was the clear favorite, it definitely wasn’t a debate-ending landslide.
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Morning Lookout: Cabrillo trustee probe, Boulder Creek water woes, poppin’ pizza and wine of the week
Big Basin Water Company, a private utility in Boulder Creek, had been plagued by problems for years before a prospective…
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Pizza Bones pop-up mixes Neapolitan-style crust with a decidedly Santa Cruz twist
New pop-up Pizza Bones wants its customers to eat the whole pie. Chef Desmond Schneider and owner Jacob Wilkens have created a dough recipe that’s inspired by Neapolitan pizza, but with more structure and large, pillowy bubbles, and topped with seasonal, farmers market-sourced ingredients. Their successful pop-ups have increased from monthly to weekly at Madson Wines on the Westside in Santa Cruz.
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Porter and Schiff polling neck and neck in California Senate race, in lead for a runoff
As others struggle for traction in the race for Dianne Feinstein’s seat, it appears to be shaping up as a two-person contest, with Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter likely to face off in the fall.
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Laurie Love on Wine: My Wine of the Week and a lesson on fermentation
In the second installment of this week’s column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love reveals her pick for Wine of the Week and goes behind the scenes of the winemaking process in her Wine 101 lesson.
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Lookout PM: A unique pizza pop-up, Cabrillo trustee probe, and Boulder Creek’s water troubles
A Cabrillo College committee investigating complaints of inappropriate and offensive language on trustee Steve…
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Court-appointed receiver pledges stability for troubled Big Basin Water Co. after potential buyer backs out
Big Basin Water Company, a private utility in Boulder Creek, had been plagued by problems for years before a prospective new owner abruptly backed out of a deal to purchase the company late last month. Big Basin’s court-appointed receiver told a packed community meeting Thursday that it is working to provide consistent drinking water, secure funding for essential repairs and find a potential buyer for the troubled utility.
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Cabrillo College probe recommends against censuring trustee Steve Trujillo over offensive Facebook posts
A Cabrillo College committee investigating complaints of inappropriate and offensive language on trustee Steve Trujillo’s Facebook found that the posts do exist on his page, but could not verify Trujillo’s claim that his account had been hacked. The governing board will decide Monday whether Trujillo violated the school’s code of ethics, but said policies that would allow the board to censure a trustee over social media posts didn’t exist until recently.
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Weekender: Peggy Townsend’s new novel, Marcus poetry reading, Kafkaesque comedy at UCSC
Hi friends, Three things I loved in the ’90s: Cubavera cabbie shirts, Mazzy Star CDs, and Chandler Bing — Chandler (hanging up a phone call): “I got her machine.” Joey: “Her answering machine?” Chandler (incredulous smirk): “Uh, no, her leaf blower picked up.” Thanks for the laughs, Matthew Perry. We’ll never forget you. Now, on […]