2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (540+ words) As the school year begins, there is a new law that affects all school districts in California known as Assembly Bill 715, which was co-authored by Central Coast Assemblymember Dawn Addis. The votes in support of the bill were near-unanimous, but…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (341+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton says he wants to abolish the California Department of Motor Vehicles by transferring its functions to a combination of online services and local county offices. If elected, he says he would also cap the annual…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (279+ words) Good morning, folks. It’s Tuesday, Sept. 8, and we’re getting toasty this week in Santa Cruz County, with sunny skies and highs in the 80s and 90s forecast today – and a heat advisory goes into effect from Wednesday night into Thursday night as…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (363+ words) The City of Santa Cruz is set to reject key findings from a critical civil grand jury report that blamed city leaders for not doing enough to prevent pedestrian injuries and deaths. While the grand jury urged immediate traffic safety…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (651+ words) Lookout founder and CEO Ken Doctor urges Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 2222 – now on his desk – into law. "By creating refundable tax credits for employing full-time and part-time journalists," he writes, "the Community NEWS Act is a tonic…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1189+ words) The housing developer Workbench has put forward another controversial proposal for a multi-story housing complex in Santa Cruz. This one is apparently going by the name “Bright Plaza.” As I’ve watched information about this housing project roll out, I’ve noticed…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (499+ words) My dad grew up sailing on the small Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. He was born so close to the harbor that his earliest memories are the sound of the fog horn. For the love of my…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (802+ words) Ryan Coonerty, my opponent in the Santa Cruz mayoral race, has suddenly expressed discontent with Workbench’s proposed Seabright-Soquel project, and called me “late to the game” in taking a stand on it. He even held a public rally about it…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (529+ words) Watsonville Community Hospital leadership says it has used up the entirety of a $10.6 million grant for the facility. The hospital’s chief financial officer tells Lookout that the money was meant to be spent quickly. ➤ Para leer el artículo en español,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (633+ words) Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital plan to rally Monday against an ongoing closure at the facility’s neonatal intensive care unit. Earlier this month, hospital leadership confirmed to Lookout that it closed the NICU in mid-July due to a nursing shortage…...