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10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County
Looking for a new job? Here are ten roles recently posted to our Santa Cruz County Job Board. Director of Finance and Business at San Lorenzo Valley Water District. Arts & Culture Community Organizer (PT) at Arts Council Santa Cruz County. Triple P Program Manager at First 5 Santa Cruz...
Don’t empty your wallet this winter: 21 low-cost Santa Cruz County holiday events
While the holidays bring about feelings of love, joy, and celebration, they can also bring about stress and put a strain on budgets. Use this season as an opportunity to focus on the things that matter most in life and spark the holiday spirit in your heart by spending time with the ones you love.
Photo Essay: The Homeless Garden Project sows the seeds of change for Santa Cruz County's unhoused residents
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz County has been providing employment, training, and a sense of purpose to unhoused individuals for more than three decades. Through organic gardens and retail stores, the project helps trainees gain skills and experience to transition out of homelessness. Kevin Painchaud spent time with the project's staff and unhoused trainees for this photo essay.
Eaters Digest: Burger and Fries at Oswald
Lily Belli brings you her recommendations for what to eat in Santa Cruz County, along with a weekly guide to the most important food and drink events in the area. She'll also point you to Lookout's list of area food guides and the best in food news.
Joby Aviation gets $9.8m grant to expand Marina facility, add new Central Coast jobs
Joby Aviation's decision in September to choose Dayton, Ohio over Marina as the location of its largest production facility sparked anxiety along the Central Cost over the air taxi company's future in the region. Some of those concerns were allayed last week when the California government awarded Joby $9.8 million to invest in California, including expanding its Marina manufacturing facility and its local apprenticeship program. The company has committed to investing more than $40 million in California and creating 690 new jobs by 2027.
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Joby hiring, economic impact of the arts, another crab delay
In her weekly roundup of news from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko digs into a multi-million dollar state grant for Joby to expand on the Central Coast, the arts and entertainment sector as a driver of the county's economy — and how your Thanksgiving dinner has gotten a bit cheaper this year.
Aptos library opening delayed until February
The opening of the Aptos branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries is delayed until mid-February. The reason is a noise-reduction sound-baffling system to be set up in the children's area of the new library. The system was originally cut from the project's budget, but was later restored.
After 68 years, a new Pajaro River levee is now all but guaranteed, set to begin summer 2024
Nothing is ever guaranteed, but officials say a new Pajaro River levee is as close as government gets after local and federal agencies signed an agreement to spend the money for the first section of the project. The largely low-income communities of Pajaro and parts of Watsonville have been waiting for reinforced flood protection for nearly 70 years.
Sacramento court halts local syringe distribution program run by harm reduction coalition
The Sacramento Superior Court's decision is the latest development in a years-long legal battle between a Santa Cruz neighborhood group and the Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County. The ruling is expected to reverberate beyond Santa Cruz County as other California communities face similar legal wrangling over private groups offering clean-needle programs.
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter remains committed to community's shared values, even in challenging times
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is indeed experiencing a 50% rise in animals since two years ago and is overburdened, say shelter board members Jon Bush and Emily Chung. But that is mainly because the shelter won't give up its open-door policy and refuses to turn needy pets and families away. It's one of the few shelters in the region to hold these values and to practice socially conscious sheltering, they write: "Even in these difficult times, we will not waver from these values." Shelter workers and volunteers wrote a Nov. 9 Lookout op-ed complaining about the conditions for animals and a shortage of staff. The board members say they have made four hires since 2020 and have hired a full-time veterinarian to start Nov. 28.
After merger, Scotts Valley Faultline Brewing gets rebrand as Laughing Monk Brewing and Gastropub
Sunnyvale-based Faultline Brewing Company opened a second location in Scotts Valley last year. Its owner, Bay Area-based Bedrock Restaurant Group, recently acquired San Francisco's Laughing Monk Brewing, and is preparing to merge the two brands. The Faultline name is being retired, and the restaurant and taprooms will reopen under the name Laughing Monk Brewing and Gastropub at the end of this month.
Trial time frame tentatively set in murder case of Pleasure Point tech executive Tushar Atre
The trial in the murder case of a tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre is tentatively set to begin in March 2024. On Monday, an attorney for Kaleb Charters, one of the four men charged in Atre's kidnapping and murder, challenged DNA evidence and law enforcement statements. Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Stephen Siegel ordered a Dec. 4 hearing to review the concerns and determine whether to toss out evidence in the case.
Moe's Alley taps into Santa Cruz's love for country music at Western Wednesdays
Santa Cruz country music fans don't have to go far to indulge their inner Hank Williams. Every month, Moe's Alley hosts a special evening called "Western Wednesdays" in which a regional and local act headlines a show devoted to the unabashedly crying-in-your-beer style of country music. Lookout correspondent Wallace Baine and photojournalist Kevin Painchaud took in a recent evening of honky-tonk revelry.
Petition to limit building height in Santa Cruz officially qualifies for March ballot
City of Santa Cruz voters will likely get the chance to vote in March on whether they want a say before developers build taller than the city's existing height limits. The citizen-led effort to put the question on the ballot has citywide implications, but is inspired by a city vision for a 1,600-unit downtown expansion to south of Laurel Street.
Aptos High student Iman Moshari gets full-ride scholarship to any college for Bikes4All initiative
Iman Moshari, a senior at Aptos High School, found a way to provide bikes to people who can't afford them, years after he himself struggled to afford a bike. His idea, Bikes4All, won him global recognition and a full-ride scholarship to any university of his choosing.
Carmageddon: This week's delays and the latest on the rail trail
The ongoing road projects around Santa Cruz County seek to improve the biking and walking experience, too, with pedestrian crossings soon coming to Highway 1. And though it won't affect traffic, 2024 will see more progress on the Coastal Rail Trail as well.
Santa Cruz County's state-mandated housing plan opens new doors to development
Last year, Santa Cruz County learned it would need to permit more than 4,600 new, state-mandated housing units by 2031 — an unprecedented boost in housing supply. Last week, the county approved its plan to make room for that new housing.
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