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Lookout PM: Capitola moving towards district-based elections, push to restore language programs at UCSC, and a District 4 County Supervisor endorsement
19+ hour, 58+ min ago (229+ words) Welcome to Friday night's Lookout PM. I WANT TO'Become a Lookout Member | Download the Lookout App | Browse Latest News|Get other Lookout Newsletters | Solve a Puzzle | Find Local Events| Advertise As Capitola begins its switch to district-based elections, consultants detailed…...
Morning Lookout: More language cuts alarm UCSC faculty; editorial board's District 4 county supervisor endorsement
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (309+ words) What's up, Lookout friends? It's Friday, May 15, and the Santa Cruz County forecast is much the same as it's been the past few days: morning clouds, sun later, highs in the 70s and low 80s. Rinse and repeat through the weekend, if…...
Group of UCSC faculty fights to restore language programs, prevent pending cuts
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (772+ words) UC Santa Cruz faculty members are pushing back against planned cuts to the university's languages department, including the elimination of all Arabic courses next year. Administrators say the reductions are necessary due to budget constraints and declining enrollment, while faculty…...
Weekender: Luminous beach parties, Vegan Challenge winners and name a beer for Scotts Valley
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (232+ words) Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County. Light and nature come together not once, but twice this weekend at two luminescent events at Santa Cruz County beaches. On Saturday, Glow & Flow, a glow-in-the-dark dance…...
UC, AFSCME 3299 reach tentative agreement and avert strike
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (443+ words) The University of California and the union representing around 40, 000 of its employees reached a tentative labor agreement early Thursday morning, averting a planned open-ended strike involving service and patient care workers across the UC system. The proposed contract includes wage…...
Why we created a food insecurity roundup for Santa Cruz County
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (372+ words) A conversation with Erica Padilla-Chavez about an upcoming community symposium on food insecurity made something especially clear to me: These stories cannot live in isolation. Food insecurity in Santa Cruz County is not one story. It's hundreds of stories: seniors…...
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, May 14-17
2+ day, 52+ min ago (346+ words) Lookout Santa Cruz Members get unlimited access Lookout Santa Cruz members get full access to all our local coverage " read as much as you'd like! Support a homegrown news source for Santa Cruz county and even help share free access…...
Big Basin voted best state park for hiking
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (123+ words) Big Basin Redwoods State Park, devastated six years ago by the CZU Lightning Complex fires, has been voted the best park in California for hiking, according to the California State Parks Foundation. Big Basin, California's oldest state park, now has…...
Housing inventory takes jump as Santa Cruz County's busy season commences
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (736+ words) Most of the Santa Cruz County housing market showed few surprises in April, but the number of available homes took a leap, rising to more than 400 properties on the market for the first time since October 2025. The Santa Cruz County…...
Clean energy should not bypass local accountability at the BESS facility on Minto Road
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (900+ words) Battery energy storage will likely be part of California's clean-energy future. I am not opposed to that. But clean energy should not become a free pass for developers to bypass local review when a community asks hard questions. That is…...