The biennial “Frequency” digital arts festival is set for a (mostly free) return engagement Sept. 21-24 in and around Abbott Square in downtown Santa Cruz, and among the highlights looks to be a high-tech public memorial to the Santa Cruz Chinatown that once thrived nearby.
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San Francisco’s historic Anchor Brewing shuts down, citing ‘sluggish’ business
The beer institution was losing around $10 million per year since COVID-19 “significantly affected” its business, according to parent company Sapporo Holdings Ltd.
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Morning Lookout: Housing market shift, Cabrillo-UCSC housing project uncertainty & baby bats
Bats have come back to the Bay Area from winter migrations and are raising young all around the region. Winifred Frick,…
Posted inK-12 Education
California’s math overhaul aims to help struggling students. But will it hurt whiz kids?
Supporters say proposed state K-12 framework will make higher-level math accessible to more. Critics contend it will make poor math outcomes worse.
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Lookout PM: Housing market shifts, Cabrillo-UCSC housing project in limbo, and the scoop on bat baby season
What has been a fairly cool housing market for the better part of 2023 might be heating up again soon as mortgage…
Posted inEnvironment
Anger builds after controlled burn badly damages California sequoias
A controlled burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park has badly damaged a pair of giant sequoias named “the Orphans,” outraging community members.
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With bat baby season upon us, UCSC prof explains how to spot them and why they matter
Bats have come back to the Bay Area from winter migrations and are raising young all around the region. Winifred Frick, chief scientist at Bat Conservation International and an ecology and evolutionary biology research professor at UC Santa Cruz, tells Lookout how and where to find bats — and when you might catch a glimpse of a baby bat getting a flying lesson.
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Joint Cabrillo College-UCSC student housing project in limbo after changes to state budget
What had been expected to be a $111 million state grant to cover Cabrillo College’s portion of a $181.7 million joint 624-bed development at the Aptos campus became bonds issued by the school with state support. That, the school’s president says, has left Cabrillo leaders in a “very uncomfortable space to move forward [with the project] right now.”
Posted inHousing & Development
Housing market shifts to communities like Watsonville, Boulder Creek as Santa Cruz County home sales heat up
What has been a fairly cool housing market for the better part of 2023 might be heating up again soon as mortgage interest rates are expected to fall by the end of the year. Santa Cruz County realtors are advising prospective buyers to act sooner rather than later.
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Lily Belli on Food: A farm-focused event four-pack, New Leaf news and a dinnertime go-to
Hello again! I have returned from a break I took in March to have a baby. Now, Cecilia is a bouncing, thriving 3-month-old, and I am brimming with new story ideas to bring to you, our Lookout readers. Thank you to Jessica M. Pasko, who kept you up to date on Santa Cruz County’s dining […]