The business district on the Westside of Santa Cruz between Fair and Swift streets is booming with food, wine, beer, coffee, even cannabis. How did it evolve from abandoned light industrial to a vital touchstone to Westsiders?
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California’s coastal ‘Blue Wall’ must rise again to stop new offshore drilling
Updating and expanding laws blocking offshore oil drilling and seabed mining is the most powerful tool communities have to protect California’s coast in the face of the federal government’s new drilling plans. Katie Thompson and Dan Haifley urge the public to get involved.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Holiday pop-ups breathe new life into long-vacant Logos and Palace Art spaces downtown
Two local event companies are bringing new life to two long-vacant downtown Santa Cruz buildings this holiday season. Collective Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Mountains Makers Market will host holiday markets at the former Logos Books & Records and Palace Art spaces, respectively, featuring dozens of local artists and food vendors. City officials hope the pop-ups will enliven challenging storefronts, which have sat empty for several years.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Weekender: Surveying a busy holiday entertainment slate, Coffis Brothers on their home turf and opera at Woodhouse
Around Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment with Lookout’s man about town, Wallace Baine.
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‘A Christmas Carol’ highlights a busy holiday season in Santa Cruz County
The holiday season begins in earnest this weekend, and Santa Cruz County is gearing up for a number of performances, festivals and shows to celebrate the season.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Nov. 26-Dec. 4
With the Thanksgiving break nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
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Morning Lookout: Head Start services changing hands; Santa Cruz Roller Palladium celebrates a milestone
Santa Cruz County news headlines from Lookout for the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 26.
Posted inEducation
Colorado-based nonprofit tapped to temporarily run Santa Cruz County Head Start after Encompass exit
Encompass Community Services will hand off Santa Cruz County’s Head Start program to Denver-based Community Development Institute Head Start, which is expected to arrive Monday to begin reopening services that have been shuttered since Oct. 31.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Santa Cruz Roller Palladium still provides timeless fun after 75 years
Little has changed about the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium since it opened in 1950, and for Diane Ethrington, who bought it with her husband from the original owners in 1986, its perennial appeal lies in its simplicity.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Roller Palladium marks 75 years; Joby accuses rival of stealing trade secrets
The timeless charm of the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium remains a strong pull as it hits a milestone, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly look at local business. She’s also got news on Joby Aviation, a labor deal in Watsonville and names, numbers and dates to know.