Wallace Baine

Santa Cruz

Correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz

City Life correspondent and columnist, Lookout Santa Cruz. Feature and travel correspondent San Francisco Chronicle

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San Lorenzo Valley Neighborhood Newsletter for Friday, May 30

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun

Good morning! It’s May 30 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be mostly sunny and warmer. The high will be 94 with a low of 55. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is extreme (11/11).
Watsonville / Pajaro Neighborhood Newsletter for Friday, May 30

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun

Good morning! It’s May 30 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be low clouds and fog, then sunshine. The high will be 74 with a low of 51. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is very high (10/11).
Aptos Neighborhood Newsletter for Friday, May 30

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun

Good morning! It’s May 30 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be mostly sunny and pleasant. The high will be 76 with a low of 52. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is extreme (11/11).
Eastside / Live Oak Neighborhood Newsletter for Friday, May 30

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun

Good morning! It’s May 30 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be mostly sunny and nice. The high will be 74 with a low of 52. Fog now, changing to mostly sunny at 2 p.m.3 pm74°Mostly sunnyLooking ahead: Cool from Sunday to TuesdaySanta Cruz police reforms show progress, but accountability gaps persist, says a watchdog report. A judge will rule on the soda tax’s legality. Upcoming events: Redwood Mountain Faire and Santa Cruz VegFest.
Westside / Downtown Neighborhood Newsletter for Friday, May 30

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun

Good morning! It’s May 30 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be mostly sunny, pleasant and warmer. The high will be 76 with a low of 52. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is extreme (11/11). Cloudy now, changing to intermittent clouds at 9 a.m. Intermittent clouds Mostly sunny Sunny Mostly sunny SunnyA UC Santa Cruz student’s visa was restored. Santa Cruz Police reforms show progress, but accountability gaps persist. A court will rule on Santa Cruz’s soda tax legality.
Weekender: Local 'Mission Impossible' connection, Marleys at the Quarry and Trivia Night is back, baby

1 week ago | lookout.co | Wallace Baine |Lookout Santa Cruz |Hillary Ojeda

Hi friends,Local theater lovers who’ve seen the latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise might be dealing with a gnawing sense of recognition they can’t quite put their finger on. It’s the actor playing the role of Donloe, an ex-CIA agent now manning an outpost in arctic Alaska. He’s Rolf Saxon, and you may have seen him before — a lot, if you were a regular at Jewel Theatre in Santa Cruz.
Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, May 29-June 5

1 week ago | lookout.co | Wallace Baine

Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the Welcome-to-June B9:➤ It’s a big weekend, maybe the biggest of the year, for the San Lorenzo Valley, thanks to the annual Redwood Mountain Faire. Despite its failure in standard American spelling, the Faire has been a beloved event going back decades, and this year, it’s again flexing its muscles as a big, bona fide music festival in the redwoods.
Jesse Daniel, Love Creek and the mysteries and secrets of the San Lorenzo Valley

1 week ago | lookout.co | Wallace Baine

Quick Take Aspiring country star Jesse Daniel releases a new album titled "Son of the San Lorenzo" that stakes his claim as the bard of the SLV, most notably with the lean, haunting rocker "The Ballad of Love Creek." He debuts the album locally Saturday as the headliner at the Redwood Mountain Faire.
Memorial Day 2025: What they died for then is still worth the fight now

2 weeks ago | lookout.co | Wallace Baine

Quick Take In recent years, Memorial Day has been misunderstood as a celebration of the military. It's really a time to remember those who never came back and to find the relevance of their sacrifice to our lives today. I hate to say it, but we Americans aren’t very good at holidays, at least the meaningful ones. Those holidays with cute little symbols that can be turned into emoticons — candy hearts, turkeys, firecrackers, jack-o’-lanterns — those we’re good at.
Eaters Digest: Pan bagnat at Emilie and the Frenchies

2 weeks ago | lookout.co | Lily Belli |Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine

Eaters Digest is delivered as a free newsletter via email, as well as on our website. Click here to become a Lookout member – and access all of Lily’s food and beverage reporting. You’d have to have a heart of stone to walk into Emilie and the Frenchies and not be charmed.