The Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz, long a home to a thriving yoga/dance community, is on the cusp of being sold to the Santa Cruz City Schools district, which plans to turn the property into a meeting space and parking area. Some locals aren’t happy with those plans.
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Man found guilty of first-degree murder in downtown Santa Cruz parking garage stabbing
The weeklong trial in Neoklis Koumides’ November 2022 murder came to an end Friday afternoon when a Santa Cruz Superior Court jury found John Frederick Burke guilty of first-degree murder with an enhancement of the use of a deadly weapon. Burke’s sentencing date will be determined after a final hearing next Thursday.
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Primary election 2024 results in charts: Where things stand after Friday’s vote tally
Lookout is charting all of the Santa Cruz County races in the 2024 primary election. As of 4 p.m. Friday, 77,619 votes had been counted, and County Clerk Tricia Webber still has 600 same-day-registration ballots yet to count. The next update is slated for Tuesday.
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Eaters Digest: A special wine edition with Laurie Love
Lookout wine expert Laurie Love steps in for Lily Belli with her Wine of the Week, a Wine 101 lesson and event highlights for the week ahead.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & wine events, March 22-28
Lookout wine expert Laurie Love highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County in the coming week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO calendar.
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Morning Lookout: Sloth fossil’s significance, an artist’s imagined eco-utopia and Wine of the Week
Friday’s headlines from Lookout Santa Cruz.
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Wine of the Week: Ser Winery 2022 Dry Orange Muscat
Made from 100% orange muscat grapes, a rarity in California, Laurie Love’s recommended pour this week makes an excellent aperitif or picnic wine. But it also pairs beautifully with mildly spicy Thai or Vietnamese dishes, seafood salad and hard Italian cheese.
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‘Oh my God, that’s a beautiful bone!’ What a rare sloth fossil tells us about ancient Santa Cruz County
Last spring, when local paleontologist Wayne Thompson received a photo of an object that looked like a bone from Tara Redwood School students and their families, he wasn’t sure what to make of it. The object, an ancient sloth fossil, is making history.
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Through paintings, local artist Taylor Seamount reimagines Santa Cruz as an eco-utopia
To combat the hopelessness they feel, Taylor Seamount has turned to an environmental art movement called solar punk – a utopian artistic and literary genre that pictures a world where humanity addresses climate change, environmental destruction and social inequality.
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Weekender: Mourning Amy Ettinger, a Santa Cruz High shindig and feting Joe Ortiz
The weekend is nearly here, and Wallace Baine has recommendations for things to do all over Santa Cruz County, plus news and notes from the world of arts and culture.
