A brisk good morning to you! It’s Friday, Jan. 20, and a sunny day, and weekend, are forward for Santa Cruz County — goodness is aware of we have now earned it.
Lots new Lookout content material awaits, and I gained’t maintain you again in the event you’re chomping on the bit to discover.
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The dry days forward will give many people the prospect to evaluate what this month’s storms did to our properties and different property, however in the event you’re interested by pursuing an insurance coverage declare, you’ll wish to learn Hillary Ojeda’s Q&A with the top of a nonprofit that helps people navigate simply this form of state of affairs.
It’s clearly a Q&A Friday, as a result of Lily Belli is alongside along with her chat with Deb Perelman, the house prepare dinner behind the wildly common Smitten Kitchen weblog and whose newest e book has her out on a tour that lands Monday in Santa Cruz.
And naturally, the county continues to be buzzing after President Joe Biden’s three-hour(ish) tour Thursday, and we’ve bought protection from Christopher Neely and Tamsin McMahon, a historical past lesson from Wallace Baine and a gallery of photographs from Kevin Painchaud, Lookout readers and others.
Our headlines additionally embrace how one can become involved with cleanup efforts Friday and Saturday in Felton Grove, Wallace Baine’s Weekender and much extra.
Broken by the Santa Cruz storms? Suggestions from the professionals on how you can cope with insurance coverage
(Through Caroline Manning Montgomery)
“Very first thing is to do your greatest to dry out your property and stabilize it. Be secure, and acknowledge that most individuals are going to have a combat with their insurance coverage corporations to get them to pay for the injury,” says Amy Bach, govt director of United Policyholders. Her group aids customers within the many ins and outs of getting insurance coverage claims paid. Check out her Q&A with Hillary Ojeda.
➤ RECOVERY EFFORTS: Volunteer cleanup in Felton Grove on Friday and Saturday — and other ways to help
‘Concentrate on the belongings you’re craving’ and different suggestions from Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman
(Through Penguin Random Home)
Deb Perelman is a self-taught dwelling prepare dinner who, over the previous 17 years, has earned hundreds of thousands of devotees for her unfussy and triumphant recipes via her weblog, Smitten Kitchen. On Monday, she talks to followers on the Resort Paradox, delivered to city by Bookshop Santa Cruz. But first, she talked to Lily Belli.
➤ MORE LOOKOUT Q&As: Hear from local newsmakers in their own words
A lot to maintain you busy on this Friday morning. Among the many objects nonetheless coming are Lily Belli’s Eaters Digest, and a very good solution to be sure you don’t miss that or the rest occurring round Santa Cruz County is to observe Lookout on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We additionally supply breaking information alerts, which you’ll be able to sign up for here, and that hyperlink can get you in on all of our different newsletters, together with the specifically curated Sunday Reads over the weekend.
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Could your Friday be a great one, and have a secure, stress-free weekend!
Will McCahill
Lookout Santa Cruz
