Behind Santa Cruz’s new national monument is a first-of-its-kind funding model that’s aiming to raise $2 million Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz After nearly a decade of development, ...

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. Craig James’ recent op-ed, “ How Santa Cruz’s homeless efforts are making things ...

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Longtime Santa Cruz resident Jill Yamashita laments the board of supervisors’ Aug. 5 choice not to preserve the Redman-Hirahara House outside Watsonville on the National Register of Historic Places.

In the Public Interest: Behind Santa Cruz’s new national monument is a first-of-its-kind funding model that’s aiming to raise $2 million Inside Santa Cruz County politics & policy with Lookout ...

California has an overwhelmingly Democratic delegation in Congress. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan could give his party five more seats and offset a Texas gerrymander.

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Amid political chatter about vaccines and the U.S. government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where all this leaves the 2025-26 flu vaccine. Here are some answers to common ...

Ann López, executive director of the Center for Farmworker Families, takes on four pervasive “deceptions” about pesticides in our community. California does not have the most rigorous regulations in ...

Robert Ratner, director of Housing for Health for Santa Cruz County’s human services department, and Larry Imwalle, director of Homelessness Response & Community Programs for the City of Santa Cruz, ...

A walk in new Big Basin, five years post-CZU: Signs of rebirth amid California lilac, huckleberries and ‘Dr. Seuss trees’ To a large degree, the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains have ...

Avid biker Dan Arias takes issue with a recent Lookout op-ed criticizing balusters on Soquel Avenue as dangerous for cyclists. On the contrary, he says, officials should be praised for finding ways to ...