5+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ 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, 4+ day ago   (201+ words) In her weekly look at local business, Jessica M. Pasko reports on high-level departures at Watsonville-based berry giant Driscoll's, a new distillery in South County and plenty of names, numbers and dates to know. Each week, we’re taking a closer look…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Pajaro Valley Unified School District's governing board hired Victoria Knutson, currently Newark Unified's chief business officer, to fill the CBO role at a $248,418 salary — the district's fourth person in that position in roughly three years, as trustees hope her experience…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (517+ words) The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is pushing back on many of the findings in a Civil Grand Jury report on the county’s long-running rail-trail saga, while acknowledging some of the report’s concerns about rising costs, aging infrastructure and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (527+ words) Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) Brie Reiter Smith, vice chair of Driscoll's board of directors, has replaced Soren Bjorn as chief executive officer, the Watsonville-based company announced on Tuesday. Watsonville-based berry giant Driscoll’s has a new CEO. Brie Reiter Smith, vice chair of the company’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (554+ words) The Santa Cruz County housing market looked similar in July to what it has for most of the summer, despite sales temporarily dipping as prospective buyers leave for vacation and school gets back into session. Santa Cruz County’s housing market…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (422+ words) The Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries just announced that they are only $75,000 away from their $3 Million goal towards the build-out of the new Downtown Library. You might be surprised where you fit in this story — read on. Jessica…...