After yet another long year, Wallace Baine looks back on Lookout’s “21 for 21″ series, produced in the waning months of 2020. These were people and groups we thought would have a significant and critical impact in 2021. Wallace checks in with some of these folks to see how they handled the year that (almost) was.
Santa Cruz
Posted inCoast Life
Unsung Santa Cruz: Love, loss & grieving … the story of a beloved bus driver who ‘vanished’ as COVID emerged
Domingo Tovar was the second person in Santa Cruz County to die of COVID-19. As the two-year mark nears of his unexpected passing in April 2020, his family and friends still grapple with how loss unfolded at the beginning of a little-understood pandemic.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Christmas Eve and Day meals for the unhoused evidence ‘we do care for each other’
Keith McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs, said he was overwhelmed by community support as he prepared to distribute free meals to the unhoused population this holiday season. The group will be providing meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, starting at noon.
Posted inCOVID 2022
COVID-19 updates in Santa Cruz County: Infections, hospitalizations, deaths and demographic data
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inFood & Drink
EATERS DIGEST: Let Mariposa Cuban Coffee put some pep in your step
Whether it’s a holiday-season jolt of caffeine or vegetarian, Cuban-inspired pastries and sandwiches, the downtown Santa Cruz pop-up has Lily Belli’s attention. She also dishes out holiday wishes and revisits an old friend in this week’s Eaters Digest.
Posted inCity Life
BOLO Best Bets: Christmas takes center stage as festivities beckon beyond
Your place to go for things to do in Santa Cruz County.
Posted inCity Life
What’s open, closed and happening: A guide to Christmas Eve and Day 2021
With Christmas fast approaching, Lookout has put together a guide on what stores, restaurants and services will be open or closed on Dec. 24 and 25. In addition, we put together a listing of some religious and secular happenings this weekend.
Posted inInside Lookout
Into 2022: Holiday Happenings at Lookout
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
Posted inPolitics & Policy
On the shortest day and longest night, memorial honors Santa Cruz’s unhoused dead
Community members and advocates gathered at Front and Laurel streets Tuesday to honor 151 unhoused people who died in 2021 on the streets of Santa Cruz and in shelters. Here’s what Lookout’s Kevin Painchaud heard and saw.
Posted inCoast Life
Unsung Santa Cruz: When his next emergency disaster became COVID, he immediately thought vaccine
Dominican Hospital’s Paul Angelo was instrumental in making vaccine care and outreach a top priority in Santa Cruz County. He helped organize the distribution of vaccines in South County first and has continued on from there.
