Santa Cruz’s Actors’ Theatre has again had to shelve its festival of 10-minute plays, this time amid the Omicron surge, but new artistic director Andrew Ceglio still has ambitious plans for 2022 and beyond.
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Posted inHealth & Wellness
Back to school amid Omicron: Greater emphasis on testing, improved masks from K-12 to UC Santa Cruz
As K-12 students, teachers and staff return to in-person classes, community members are feeling nervous but encouraged by the increased access to testing and improved quality of masks. While UC Santa Cruz is starting with remote instruction this week, Cabrillo College, with its later start date of Jan. 24, is planning a regular start but still closely monitoring cases.
Posted inFood & Drink
Gut check: Holiday binging over, nutritionist Magali Brecke reminds us how food and wellness intersect
Talking to Magali Brecke, a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, and a functional nutritionist, about being more mindful of how our intake can have far more impact than we often consider.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
With the California Legislature back in session, here’s what to expect in 2022
As the Legislature reconvened Monday, Californians can expect lawmakers to continue focusing on housing and climate, plus COVID-19, healthcare and how to spend another budget surplus.
Posted inCoast Life
Wallace Baine: I’ve got your surefire predictions for 2022 in Santa Cruz
Whether you get them right or not, it’s always fun to throw wild — sometimes silly — guesses at the wall and see if they stick. So what if most of them won’t delve anywhere near truthfulness, right? Right?
Posted inPolitics & Policy
22 Storylines for 2022: Lookout previews the action-packed year ahead for Santa Cruz County
Bye, bye, 2021. Hardly knew ya. Or knew ya too well perhaps. It is now time to cobble together that 2022 planner we always say we’ll get ahead on and be totally prepared for everything. Well, we know how that goes. At least we here at Lookout are doing our part to get everyone ahead of the game.
Posted inCoast Life
Wallace Baine: As we turn the page yet again, grief for the old year, hope for the new one
Usually this weighing of the changes that life inevitably brings is habitual, routine, even a bit ho hum. But there’s something about the passing of this specific year that feels different, as if we’re witnessing not just the changeover of years, but of eras, as if the real changes promised by the new millennium are arriving 20 years late.
Posted inFood & Drink
EATERS DIGEST: Sante Adairius taking over iconic Trappist in Oakland; the return of ‘Mezcalito Manny’
As 2021 gives us its last hours, Lily Belli talks about some of the more important local food and drink news to come in 2022. In particular, Sante Adairius Rustic Ales will be opening its third location, a beloved local bartender comes back to Santa Cruz, and Lily lets us know what she’ll be doing on New Year’s Eve.
Posted inCoast Life
The 2021 video experience: Taking a visual flipbook tour through the year’s most memorable moments
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inCity Life
BOLO Best Bets: Ring in 2022 with music, art and king tides
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