Lookout Santa Cruz

The company's collection of websites is designed to support small to medium-sized markets, bringing fresh and lively news content to areas that lack it. Lookout Santa Cruz, the inaugural site, was launched in November 2020. The organization behind it, Lookout Local Inc., operates as a public benefit corporation, with a core mission to deliver a new and improved standard of news, information, and community interaction to the places it serves.

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Santa Cruz city councilmembers must ban polluting tobacco filters

1 day ago | lookout.co | Katie Thompson |Tracey Weiss |Dan Haifley

Quick Take Environmental leaders Katie Thompson, Tracey Weiss and Dan Haifley are calling on Santa Cruz City residents to contact the mayor and city council by Tuesday in support of a ban on the sale of filtered tobacco products to protect coastal and ocean wildlife and habitats, and human health. Since 2013, Save Our Shores volunteers have collected 189,154 cigarette butts in Santa Cruz alone, they write.
Dozens of Santa Cruz County community organizers head to Sacramento to lobby against Newsom Medi-Cal cuts

2 days ago | lookout.co | Max Chun

Quick Take A group of 100 local organizers, advocates, volunteers and more will visit Sacramento next week to meet with lawmakers and urge them to reject Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal proposals that could further restrict undocumented immigrants’ ability to receive health care.
Lily Belli on Food: Outstanding in the Field's pioneering success, Sunday brunch back at Chaminade and Venus pig roast coming soon

3 days ago | lookout.co | Lily Belli |Lookout Santa Cruz |Max Chun

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. … If you walked through Capitola Village last Wednesday afternoon, you may have noticed an unusual sight: an elegant table draped in white cloth running down the center of the newly rebuilt Capitola Wharf, ready to seat nearly 200 guests.
Morning Lookout: Cabrillo apprenticeship cohort; Capitola DMV closure; food faves in national spotlight

4 days ago | lookout.co | Will McCahill |Lookout Santa Cruz |Max Chun

Aloha, friends – it’s Tuesday, June 3, shaping up to be another nice one around Santa Cruz County, with morning fog turning into blue skies and temperatures from the upper 60s to the low 80s.
Capitola DMV to close for two-plus months of renovations starting June 13

4 days ago | lookout.co | Max Chun

Quick Take The Capitola Department of Motor Vehicles office will shut down for over two months starting June 13, which means that anyone needing to address matters in person will need to go to either Watsonville or one of the other DMV locations in neighboring counties. However, most things can be done online. Santa Cruz County motorists might want to get their Department of Motor Vehicles matters handled sooner rather than later — as in, within the next two weeks.
In the Public Interest: The human impact of Santa Cruz County cuts

4 days ago | lookout.co | Christopher Neely |Max Chun |Lookout Santa Cruz

On the x and y graph measuring a topic’s level of impact and tedium, government budgets might occupy the upper-rightmost position. Public budget season — roughly late spring to late summer — is a monthslong slog of bureaucratese, spreadsheets and reports so arcane as to make an almost impenetrable barrier to entry for the layman.
Sinkhole causes Highway 1 lane closure in South County

4 days ago | lookout.co | Max Chun

A sinkhole that opened along southbound Highway 1 outside Watsonville on Sunday morning was still causing delays for commuters on Monday. The sinkhole is located between the Buena Vista Drive exit and the Airport Boulevard exit in the left lane of southbound Highway 1. The left lane of the highway was closed about a half-mile north of Watsonville, and was to remain closed throughout Monday, according to a California Highway Patrol social media post.
Cities across Santa Cruz County confront looming budget deficits as costs rise and revenues slow

5 days ago | lookout.co | Christopher Neely

Quick Take Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley and Capitola all face mounting budget pressures, with several cities predicting budget deficits now and into the future. The cities are pinning their hopes on development projects, from luxury hotels to new downtown construction, as pension costs rise and sales tax revenues plateau.
Carmageddon: Capitola Avenue bridge completion pushed to November

5 days ago | lookout.co | Max Chun

Quick Take Although the Capitola Avenue bridge is already going on 14 months of closure, it will likely not be available for use again until November, as crews have recently finished the early work on supportive structures before beginning on the roadway crossing Highway 1 between Soquel and Capitola. Those with daily commutes through the middle of Santa Cruz County have likely gotten used to being patient over the past year or more.
Eaters Digest: Piña Co Nada at Classy Trash pop-up

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lily Belli |Lookout Santa Cruz |Max Chun

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. On Saturday, I led a group of 12 Lookout members on a mini-tasting tour at the Sweet Home Santa Cruz dessert festival. After sampling s’more croissants, collagen marshmallows, limoncello-soaked babá and blueberry crumble cookies, we were collectively blown away by a mocktail made by Santa Cruz pop-up Classy Trash.