The 5-year-old female southern sea otter has been exhibiting unusual aggressive behavior toward surfers over the past…
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From topography to typography: How a graphic designer’s love of Aptos inspired the next ubiquitous commercial typeface
Steven Matteson’s font Aptos, named for an area of Santa Cruz County he came to appreciate deeply as an escape during a stint over the hill, will be the default for the hundreds of millions who use Microsoft products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. “This is kind of like a holy grail situation for people in my line of work,” the 58-year-old says.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
I teach poetry in the Santa Cruz jail, but it’s ‘my guys’ who are teaching me
Renee Winter started teaching poetry in the Santa Cruz Main Jail seven years ago, after retiring from her law practice. Now, once a week, she sits in a locked room with about 15 incarcerated men. She often marvels at how her “big-knuckled, burly male students can grip such tiny tools and write. But they do.” Not once in all her years, she says, has she had to press the panic button. Instead, she has found inspiration and shed her “one-dimensional” view of incarceration.
Posted inFood & Drink
Eaters Digest: Berries at Prevedelli Farms
Lily Belli brings you her recommendations for what to eat in Santa Cruz County, along with a weekly guide to the most important food and drink events in the area. She’ll also point you to Lookout’s list of area food guides and the best in food news.
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Morning Lookout: Atre murder case back in court, the download on BCycles & Lago di Como review
Seafood, homemade pasta and steaks aged in-house are now the focus at Live Oak Italian spot Lago di Como for…
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Lake Tahoe has higher concentration of microplastics than ocean trash heap
A study of 38 lakes and reservoirs in 23 countries found that Lake Tahoe had the third-highest concentration of microplastics.
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New partnership reenvisions Lago di Como restaurant, turning a hidden gem into a diamond
Seafood, homemade pasta and steaks aged in-house are now the focus at Live Oak Italian spot Lago di Como for Giovanbattista Spanu and Matteo Robecchi, both from northern Italy, after Robecchi and wife/partner Lindsay Rodriguez made the move following years at Seabright’s Tramonti.
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Lookout PM: Soif closing Walnut Avenue location, Eaters Digest, and a BCycle overview
Lily Belli brings you her recommendations for what to eat in Santa Cruz County, along with a weekly guide to the most…
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Soif Wine Shop changes hands, closes Walnut Avenue location
While Patrice Boyle takes a bow, continues to manage La Posta and tries to spend some more time at home, a mystery…
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Tushar Atre murder: Case against one suspect in killing of Pleasure Point tech exec returns to court
More than three years after four suspects were charged in the murder of Pleasure Point tech entrepreneur Tushar Atre, the case of one of the defendants charged in Atre’s death, Stephen Lindsay, returns to a Santa Cruz County court Friday. His defense attorney is seeking to suppress evidence including surveillance footage and bank records, arguing that there was insufficient probable cause to support a search.