The latest in Santa Cruz County food & drink news, notes, recommendations and more from Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

Businesses operating in Santa Cruz County must register with the county clerk. Lookout Santa Cruz reviews the public filings ...

First-generation students lack the extra help with exams and college applications that rich kids' families can buy. A new program and tax could change that, writes Alondra Martinez, a Stanford ...

Sasha Pavy, a shy 24-year-old UCSC graduate, emerged as an unlikely leader of a successful 2024 unionization drive at three Verve Coffee Roasters cafés, rallying coworkers around higher wages, ...

Meteorologists weigh in on the extreme winds that whipped through the county last week. They can’t say if winds topping 90 miles per hour winds measured at the small craft harbor are record-setting or ...

Margaret and Roya Ghodsi, a mother-daughter duo from Capitola, are emblematic of a growing number of local residents not active in politics before 2025 who began to participate in protests after ...

A new program and tax could change that, writes Alondra Martinez, a Stanford University senior.

Black tar balls dotted Manresa State Beach over the weekend, alarming at least one visitor and prompting a report to the state oil spill hotline, but wildlife officials say the material is consistent ...

The City of Watsonville has chosen Corey Schaefer, a 27-year fire department veteran, as its next chief, following the ...

The new downtown expansion district, an affordable housing measure and a rail-trail compromise all came to fruition in 2025. Now, Fred Keeley, Santa Cruz’s first four-year elected mayor, looks to his ...

Check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County on New Year's Eve (literally and ...

New Pajaro Valley Unified School District board president Carol Turley’s first meeting in the role was marked by frequent interruptions of fellow trustees and a stricter enforcement of agenda limits, ...