The Hip Santa Cruz History Project is the brainchild of longtime UCSC professor Ralph Abraham and Cabrillo College teacher T. Mike Walker. They recently released Volume 6 in their “Hip Santa Cruz” series — essays, poems and more about the hippie era and its long aftermath in Santa Cruz, largely written by people who lived through it, to be released April 8 with a gathering at the Santa Cruz Art League.
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City aims to pilot Santa Cruz wharf to calmer waters after stormy few years
“We’re investing in building momentum this summer,” the City of Santa Cruz’s development manager says of goings-on at the wharf, where the balance between tourists and locals, new challenges and old wooden pilings, development and a fragile ecosystem are all part of the equation.
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Bait the hook: Dining renaissance underway at the Santa Cruz wharf
With the reopening of Stagnaro Brothers and Firefish Grill, a Humble Sea pop-up, Makai’s island grog and a summer concert series, the wharf is aiming to tempt Santa Cruz locals into the mix at the popular tourist haunt.
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Santa Cruz officials lay out vision for Coral Street homeless services hub
Community centers, open gardens, pallet homes and possible parking options are all being explored as part of the City of Santa Cruz’s current draft of a report on its long-term vision to transform the Coral Street neighborhood into a center for housing and support services for the unhoused. Several business owners and representatives from the Coral Street area raised concerns about the vision during a planning commission meeting Thursday night.
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Script-in-hand theater on the way
The 36 North collective kicks off a series of staged readings at Actors’ Theater Center Stage in May, featuring new plays by Santa Cruz playwrights.
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Resource Center for Nonviolence event puts spotlight on men’s role
An April gathering called “Imagine a World Without Violence: Men Speak Out” will feature prominent Santa Cruz men, including schools superintendent Faris Sabbah and Santa Cruz Warriors president Chris Murphy, speaking on topics involving masculinity in modern culture.
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City’s vision for expanded unhoused hub on Coral Street sparks concern among local businesses
A draft of the Coral Street Visioning Report, to be presented Thursday at a meeting of the City of Santa Cruz Planning Commission, aims to transform several Coral Street buildings into additional services for the unhoused, temporary shelters and permanent supportive housing. But the report is already generating controversy from area residents and businesses because its current map also includes three privately owned buildings.
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Justin Cummings appointed to California Coastal Commission
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon appointed District 3 Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings to represent the Central Coast on the California Coastal Commission. Cummings was left off the initial list of nominations for the powerful land-use body voted on by the county’s City Selection Committee, but pushed to be included after a Lookout investigation prompted the county to invalidate the committee’s original vote.
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Santa Cruz to provide update Thursday on West Cliff one-way pilot project, traffic plan
A stretch of West Cliff Drive between Woodrow Avenue and Columbia Street was converted to one-way in January. Since then, traffic on Oxford Way, just off of Woodrow, has increased noticeably. Residents have raised concerns with city staff, prompting discussions about turning Oxford Way into a cul-de-sac ahead of a plan to extend the one-way section of West Cliff to roughly a mile.
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Lily Belli on Food: SLV restaurants under storm siege, Coffee Conspiracy’s new home & farmworker fundraiser
Hello eaters! Jessica M. Pasko here. While Lily is out on maternity leave, I’m pitching in on the latest local food news. A little about me — I’m a writer and a native of upstate New York, living in Santa Cruz for over a decade. Our rich food culture is just one of the many […]