
Max Chun
General Assignment Correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz
General Assignment Reporter for @LookoutSCruz
Articles
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2 days ago |
lookout.co | Lily Belli |Max Chun |Lookout Santa Cruz |Tania Ortiz
Welcome to Lily Belli on Food, a weekly food-focused newsletter from Lookout’s food and drink correspondent, Lily Belli. Keep reading for the latest local food news for Santa Cruz County – plus a few fun odds and ends from my own life and around the web. … A new bakeshop is on the rise, bringing golden loaves of sourdough and organic pastries to restaurants, cafés and farmers markets throughout Santa Cruz County from a home base inside the Capitola Mall.
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3 days ago |
lookout.co | Max Chun
Quick Take A slowdown in groundbreaking for major housing developments around Santa Cruz County can likely be attributed to supply chain issues and rising interest rates on construction loans, rather than solely economic uncertainty at the federal level — although that is a factor, too. Developers and planners continue to grapple with a rapidly shifting economy as they prepare for thousands of new residents.
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3 days ago |
lookout.co | Max Chun
Quick Take Santa Cruz County has begun its annual road maintenance program, aiming to repair and rehabilitate roads before the winter, while also conducting drain maintenance and vegetation management to prevent flooding and further road damage. The work is split into three phases, and will last until the fall. Santa Cruz County is a few weeks into its annual road maintenance program, which spans the entire county and includes both urban and rural roads.
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5 days ago |
lookout.co | Max Chun |Kevin Painchaud
Quick Take Alexander Pedersen – elected in 2022 and named Capitola's vice mayor earlier this year – cited moving residences and a sustained effort to remove him from office by a citizens group as reasons for his departure. The council will likely decide on how to fill his seat at its upcoming meeting on May 22.
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6 days ago |
lookout.co | Max Chun
Quick Take The City of Santa Cruz will rescind the rent cap on housing developments with expiring rental agreements, but with the understanding that the owners of the St. George Residences downtown will still abide by the cap. The Santa Cruz City Council will discuss a plan to rescind its previously passed rent cap as part of an agreement to settle a federal lawsuit between the city and the owners of a downtown apartment building.
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