The downtown mixed-use library project has been in motion for development since 2016, with construction of the new library planned to begin as early as next summer. Opponents — forming the group Our Downtown, Our Future — now aim to put a ballot measure before city voters this fall to block it. Lookout tackles the questions voters will likely consider.
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John Hall on downtown library initiative: ‘We are not about blocking things’
As the Our Downtown, Our Future group waits for approval for a voter measure for November to challenge the current new downtown library proposal, one of its leaders explains its opposition.
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LOOKOUT PM: California’s COVID hotspot, downtown SC library troubles, and being married to a parenting expert
Welcome to a new week, friends, Hopefully you all had a nice weekend and Mother’s Day, even if it did end up raining a little bit yesterday. The weird weather continued today with wind and scattered clouds that intermittently obscured the sun all day long. We’re looking at sunny — but chilly — weather all […]
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Everyone has an idea for solving homelessness. What if we listened to the unhoused?
This conversation between activist Theo Henderson and scholar Ananya Roy foregrounds the endeavors and collaborations that seek to challenge such erasure.
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COVID Dashboard: Bay Area is California’s hotspot; state’s per capita death rate among the nation’s lowest
News of the week You have probably heard that the Bay Area is now California’s hotspot. That’s true. However, cases are still only about 10% of the massive amount seen during the winter’s Omicron surge. Locally, county cases continued to rise, albeit at a slower rate than in either of the previous two weeks. According […]
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Sunday Reads: A mother’s unwavering bond; where is the original Ferrell’s?
Mr. W: What my autistic son has taught me about motherhood Nurturing through adversity: Victoria Tatum has spent more than two decades fighting for services for her autistic son, Eliot. As her son became a teen, his anxiety made him increasingly violent. She thinks Santa Cruz families need better intervention, sooner, for families with special […]
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Grendel, Golems and Godzilla and more: For one weekend, UCSC becomes Monsters U
The UC Santa Cruz Festival of Monsters, slated for May 20-22, asks big questions about the figures, sliding between life and death, that have captured the human imagination for centuries.
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Ask Lookout: Wait, which is the real original Ferrell’s Donuts?
Seventy-three years ago, the first Ferrell’s started satisfying local tastes. Now there are five of them around the county, but answering that question of what’s “original” led us on a wild trek.
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Mr. W: What my autistic son has taught me about motherhood
Victoria Tatum has spent more than two decades fighting for services for her autistic son, Eliot. As her son became a teen, his anxiety made him increasingly violent. She thinks Santa Cruz families need better intervention, sooner, for families with special needs.
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California’s water conservation has been a bust so far. Will drought restrictions work?
Some Californians received a test of the earthquake early-warning system seven hours before the appointed time, waking…