Tamsin McMahon is the Managing Editor at Lookout Santa Cruz. With a diverse background in arts and entertainment, education, real estate, and travel, she explores themes ranging from campus life and university research to digital and fine arts. Tamsin's work has been featured in prominent publications such as The Charlotte Observer, Bloomberg News, and The Boston Globe.
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Tamsin McMahon's coverage primarily focuses on local news, with an emphasis on evolving stories and government announcements. She frequently covers topics related to arts & entertainment, local events, and human interest stories in the Santa Cruz County area.
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By: Max Chun
Ryan Coonerty and Ami Chen Mills are reaching the end of a long, intense campaign to decide who will be mayor of Santa Cruz for the next four years. The two have made their stances on the city’s major issues clear over the past several months, and in the closing stretch of the campaign, they seek to make their final cases to voters.
By: Kevin Norton
The City of Santa Cruz has issued building housing permits at a pace unmatched anywhere else in the county so far. After talking with planners and housing experts across all five local jurisdictions, Kevin Norton found that zoning alone does not explain the difference. Money, land, market conditions and local expertise can determine whether plans on paper ever become apartments.
Phantom children, mysterious nuns, a woman in white, and one invisible dog with a very bad attitude. Just in time for Halloween, Santa Cruz Ghost Hunters founder Maryanne Porter takes us through five of her favorite haunted places, where local history and ghostly legends have a way of getting tangled together.
The San Joaquin Valley is California's agricultural heartland. Suddenly, it's the focus of an immigration enforcement campaign that has communities on edge.
By: Max Chun
A study from a California-based law firm has ranked Santa Cruz the sixth-most-dangerous city in the state for cyclists. Active transportation advocates and professionals, despite not being intimately familiar with the study, say that the ranking reflects persistent gaps in bike infrastructure, even as safety improvements move forward.
By: Max Chun
An envelope mailed to U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s office containing a suspicious powdery substance prompted an evacuation of the Santa Cruz County government building and courthouse on Friday morning.
By: Jim Brown
More than 50 artists and community members showed up at a county budget hearing this summer to defend arts funding — and their advocacy made a difference, writes Jim Brown, executive director of Arts Council Santa Cruz County. But with county support stagnant since 2017 and major funders shifting priorities, the arts community needs a sustainable funding plan. Brown makes the case for long-term investment and asks residents to take a survey to help shape the future of arts funding and advocacy in the county.
By: Jana Marcus
Nearly 40 years after “The Lost Boys” turned Santa Cruz into Santa Carla, actor Jamison Newlander hopes to bring the film’s worldwide fan base together in Santa Cruz for the 40th anniversary of its 1987 release. Two October events featuring international fan art, live music and a screening will test the waters for something bigger in 2027.
Lookout photographer Kevin Painchaud was on scene at Saturday's "No Kings" protests, capturing the latest demonstrations against the Trump administration.
Friday traffic trouble spots in and around Santa Cruz County.
