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.
Santa Cruz
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
Your place to go for things to do in Santa Cruz County.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Looking back at 2021: October-December
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inCOVID 2022
Vaccine update: Rates, where to find a COVID shot or test; wait, cost and turnaround times
A weekly overview of COVID-19 vaccine progress and availability around Santa Cruz County, plus updates on booster shots, testing and more.
Posted inCOVID Today
New Year’s parties? Indoor dining? Skiing? Which activities are safe as Omicron spreads
A sharp spike in COVID cases, fueled in part by the Omicron variant, prompts health experts to urge revelers to scale back New Year’s Eve gatherings.
