2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (227+ words) Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County. A short, two-weekend run of Giacomo Puccini’s “The Girl of the Golden West” concludes with performances on Friday and Sunday at the Colligan Theater at the Tannery…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (644+ words) Firefighters in Santa Cruz County are preparing for their annual stair climb on Friday to memorialize the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While always a powerful event, those participating at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos this year think…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (254+ words) Tania Ortiz joins Lookout Santa Cruz as the California Local News Fellow to cover South County. Tania earned her master’s degree in journalism in December 2023 from Syracuse University, where she was a Newhouse Diversity News Fellow. In Syracuse, she covered…...

4+ day, 38+ min ago   (291+ words) Good morning! Wednesday, Sept. 9, has arrived, looking to be the warmest day of the week around Santa Cruz County – with a heat advisory in place, the mountains could see triple digits, and low 90s at our beaches. I WANT TO … Become…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (275+ words) Santa Cruz County and much of California are under a heat advisory as peak temperatures are forecast to reach the low 90s in Santa Cruz and Watsonville and the upper 90s in the mountains. Santa Cruz County is under a heat advisory…...

5+ day, 16+ min ago   (192+ words) Lookout Santa Cruz Here’s what’s happening on Santa Cruz County roads this morning… Road incidents as of 6 a.m. on September 8 - South Highway 1 at Highway 129 in Watsonville is facing closures for roadwork. The closure will last until 5:59 a.m. tomorrow....

1+ week, 3+ 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, 1+ day ago   (467+ words) Pajaro Middle School teachers say they're relieved that Principal Nicole Killian is moving to a district office role. In May, they gave the district superintendent a vote of no confidence and demanded her removal. Months after a majority of Pajaro…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (275+ words) Friday evening traffic: Highway 1/SR-129 closures in Watsonville thru September. 9 Lookout Santa Cruz Here’s what’s happening on the roads this evening… Road incidents as of 9:30 p.m. on September 4 - Highway 9 at Pool Drive in San Lorenzo Valley will have alternating…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1059+ words) Felton voters approved a major investment in their fire department, paving the way for paid firefighters alongside volunteers. The move comes after years of staffing challenges and slow response times that left the mountain community questioning whether its traditional volunteer…...