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09/03/2025

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09/03/2025

Lookout Trivia Night is going out with a bang – come hang in Abbott Square downtown this evening as Wallace Baine hosts the last event of the summer. Get a team together and RSVP for free at the link below.

Browse Lookout's Santa Cruz County public event calendar. This is your place to go for things to do in Santa Cruz County. Find all the concerts, plays, live music, pub crawls, family events, poetry…

09/03/2025

Dig into Wednesday with headlines from Tania Ortiz, Hillary Ojeda, Wallace Baine, Jessica M. Pasko, Christopher Neely, Lily Belli and more.

Santa Cruz County headlines from Lookout for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 3.

09/03/2025

In the most comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, CalMatters found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.

09/03/2025

The Santa Cruz County Fair is set to return Sept. 10-14 to the county fairgrounds outside Watsonville. The fair is expected to have many of its beloved features and attractions, with a new additions to the fun, including lucha libre wrestling and something called the Slime Lab.

09/03/2025

Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz will break ground Sept. 29 on a long-planned, $111 million joint student housing and child care project at Cabrillo’s Aptos campus, marking the community college’s first-ever student housing.

09/03/2025

Santa Cruz County residents are concerned that the battery storage facility proposed outside Watsonville is not the only possible location within the county for battery storage. County officials and developers say the South County project is the only pending application and viable location.

09/03/2025

A Boulder Creek-based company working to improve wildfire detection and notification is in the spotlight this week for Jessica M. Pasko, whose survey of Santa Cruz County business also includes unionization efforts at Verve Coffee Roasters and a push to better connect rural Central Coast airports.

09/03/2025

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a remote-controlled aircraft crashed into a home, injuring two people during the Fire in the Sky Open House at the Watsonville Municipal Airport over the long weekend.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a remote-controlled aircraft crashed into a home, injuring two people during the Fire in the Sky Open House at the Watsonville Municipal…

09/02/2025

From the latest on where Santa Cruz County stands on battery storage to what's on this week's legislative agendas, get your local politics & policy fix from Christopher Neely.

Around Santa Cruz County politics & policy with Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely.

09/02/2025

Catch up on Santa Cruz County food & drink news, plus event recommendations and more in Lily Belli's Tuesday newsletter.

Around Santa Cruz County food & drink with Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

09/02/2025

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