With efforts to find a suitable property in Santa Cruz County for convicted rapist Michael Cheek proving fruitless, Judge Syda Cogliati on Tuesday asked stakeholders to move toward allowing a state contractor to begin searching outside of the county for housing.
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Santa Cruz City Council votes to restore two-way traffic on West Cliff Drive; work to begin next week
The Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to restore two-way traffic on West Cliff Drive by the start of next year, ending a pilot project that has seen a stretch of the scenic road reduced to one-way traffic since January. While many residents told the city they want to see one-way traffic remain, some Westsiders say they are fed up with increased traffic in their neighborhoods and welcome a return to a two-way West Cliff.
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624-bed joint Cabrillo-UCSC housing project closer to reality as state financial fix heads to Newsom
After months of uncertainty about funding, Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz say they’re ready to move forward with a 624-bed student housing project on Cabrillo’s Aptos campus. If all goes as planned, officials say they’ll start construction in September 2024 and students could move in by fall 2026.
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Lookout PM: Local business news, Cabrillo-UCSC housing inches towards reality, two-way West Cliff, and a county fair preview
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko hears from Santa…
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Everything you need to know to attend the Santa Cruz County Fair, running Wednesday through Sunday
Wallace Baine and Lily Belli bring you the details of this year’s Santa Cruz County Fair, which opens for business at noon sharp on Wednesday and runs through Sunday.
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Lily Belli on Food: Farmers market fun, fruit fly alert & diner coming to Soquel
Welcome to Lily Belli on Food, a weekly food-focused newsletter from Lookout’s food and drink correspondent, Lily Belli. Keep reading for the latest local food news for Santa Cruz County — plus a few fun odds and ends from my own life and around the web. Stay in touch with me by text throughout the […]
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Morning Lookout: Cabrillo renaming delay pleases few; new routines for Pajaro Middle students
A trio of 3-0 Santa Cruz County football teams are atop this week’s roundup, which also includes local girls volleyball…
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Lookout PM: Fruit fly alert, Cabrillo name change delayed, and Pajaro Middle School students’ new normal
After officials in Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties put homegrown fruit and vegetables from more than 200 square…
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Six months after levee breach flooded their classrooms, Pajaro Middle School students settle into new normal
The March 11 failure of the Pajaro River levee forced the closure of Pajaro Middle School until at least fall of 2024. Now at the start of a new academic year, the middle school’s more than 400 students are settling into their temporary academic home inside Watsonville’s Lakeview Middle School. Students say they’re getting into a routine but still miss their school.
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Both sides of Cabrillo College name-change debate disappointed after board votes to delay renaming until 2028
Some who support renaming Cabrillo College say they feel the governing board’s 6-1 vote Monday to delay the name change until at least 2028 is a sign trustees are caving to threats made by donors to take their funding away if the school changes its name. Meanwhile, some name-change opponents say they think the board should have instead voted to scrap the renaming process entirely.