The Weekly Dump 12.30.16

It’s the final Weekly Dump of 2016! This week, we’re discussing the big NYE celebration on Pacific, the shooting in Beach Flats Park, gun brandished at Denny’s, road rage assault with a machete, Christmas morning bum fight at the HSC, Willie the Groundskeeper possibly spotted on Coral street, Coast Guard water rescue off Natural Bridges, low income evictions days before Christmas, Martin Bernal’s job security, child rapist comes back to Santa Cruz, Prop 47 failures, Chip tries to bring Downtown Streets Team to Santa Cruz, why NextDoor sucks, Guerreros, it’s a wonderful life, My 2017 resolutions, Weekly Shoutouts, and the usual self serving promos.

The Weekly Dump 12.23.16

It’s the penultimate edition of the Weekly Dump for 2016! It’s not “Ozymandias” but it’s still got plenty of drama. We’ve got more on Violeta Cervantes’s trial date, Artisan’s Gallery gets robbed, SCPD nabs purse snatcher, meth dealers busted in Beach Flats, car chase on Mission, car dumped on Barson, a couple more busted windows and breakins, Rotten Robbie robbed!, junker RV with a beach view for rent, squatter on Lincoln, feds throw $2M at Santa Cruz homeless, 37 homeless die in 2016 locally, Starving Musician coming to Pacific, the Surf Colony, Guerreros, Weekly Shoutouts, and a few other choice nugs of vibrant weekly reality.

The Weekly Dump 12.16.16

What a crazy week. Even by Santa Cruz standards. We’re talking more about the rain, the double shooting in Soquel, the Pono/Reef smash and grab, the senseless death of Scott Brunton, drivers on acid on 17, a road rage, a garage rage, man rescued in Henry Cowell, the fat lady sings for Micah, Hugh’s News, Lobo Day, Project ROPE, Guerreros, Kum Ba Yah in the rain, Weekly Shoutouts, Local Food Porn, and maybe a few other things.

The Weekly Dump 12.9.16

This week in the Dump, we’ve got a 6.5 earthquake in the Pacific, dead transients at the Holiday Parade, crazy guy evades police by wading into the San Lorenzo river, Feds consider action against the Polar Express train, Janus helps SCPD save lives, another SCPD car chase downtown, local kooks protest having banks, fight at the 515, free locals day at Monterey Aquarium, love is all around, Guerreros, and a few self serving plugs bring up the rear as usual.

The Weekly Dump 12.2.16

In this week’s Dump, we’ve got the annual downtown Holiday Parade on Pacific Avenue, shoppers support Small Business Saturday, another robbery and shooting on the levee, domestic disturbance on Grant, Grey Bears annual Holiday Dinner at the Civic, crash and fire on Highway 1, UCSC student nearly kidnapped, new Fairfield Inn opens on the westside, new development update for 1400 Ocean, the library as a parking garage, Strike Out Hunger at the Boardwalk Bowl, City Hall to You Redux, Christmas train overload, Guerreros, DeCinzotized, The Weekly Seen, Weekly Shoutouts, and more.

The Weekly Dump 11.25.16

This week we’ve got Black Friday blues, more on the SCSO shooting, the new Gold Rush, what’s next for Cemex, bums fight in the rain, shooting in Beach Flats, threats to blow up the library, water rescue at the wharf, downtown shoplifters, 3 way at Wells Fargo, missing juvenile found at BSSC, woman kills herself on West Cliff, Guardian Angels find missing girl, north coast campers back in droves, 1 step forward 2 steps back, Hugh’s News, Guerreros, DeCinzotized, and probably a few other things I forgot about.

The Weekly Dump 11.18.16

This Weekly Dump brings you a mystery quake, people keep getting hit by cars, water rescue drills near the wharf, yo no hablo español, questions around the county winter shelter program, the county loves it’s needles, who won again?, not in his front yard, observations on local mental healthcare options, Guerreros, the Weekly Seen, Weekly Shoutouts, and more.

The Weekly Dump 11.11.16

This week, we have a tentative brand new city council, shit happens, downtown protests over Trump, missing woman and infant found, Laura’s Law, UCSC student death and arrest, body found in Mitchell’s Cove, new business coming to upper Ocean and downtown, bulky item pick up day, bring on the crab, Santa Cruz Warriors start season, Guerreros, weekly shoutouts, and more.

The Weekly Dump 11.4.16

This week we’ve got a rainy Halloween on Pacific, UCSC student critically injured in a hit and run, knife fights on Pacific and Seabright, car flips at the Boardwalk and Broadway, Guardian Angels update, goodbye to Lulu’s and Union Grove music, Depot Park, Santa Cruz Warriors return, No on 57, Hugh’s News, city council candidate endorsements, Guerreros, Weekly shoutouts, the Weekly Seen, and lots more.

The Weekly Dump 10.28.16

This week we’ve got Halloween in Santa Cruz, Pacific Avenue costume predictions, Local murderer arrested in Kansas City, 12 angry women, drunk rolls car down Twin lakes beach, transient fight at Foster Freeze, a big black maybe menacing truck, heroin in Mission street, serial burglar finally arrested, Guardian Angels in Santa Cruz, head on collision on Highway 1, blame the county, the new Godwin’s Law, The Dumpster Report, Sandy Brown update, No on 57, Hugh’s News, city council candidate endorsements, weekly shoutouts, DeCinzotized, and a few other things.

The Weekly Dump 10.21.16

This week we’ve got more on the SCPD shooting, a fight near Safeway, a meltdown at Denny’s, a choking on Ocean street, monthly domestic violence numbers update, voting deadlines, The Bern ignores the people using his name, Sandy Brown doesn’t follow the rules, the Dumpster Report, Drew Glover’s questionable past, Keeping up With Chris Krohn, show me the money, Steve Pleich drops out again, city council candidate endorsements, DeCinzotized, and probably a few other things as they develop.

The Weekly Dump 10.14.16

This week’s coverage includes more on the pipe bomb scare that shut down Pacific Avenue, elderly woman mugged by gang near Arana Gulch, guns drawn in Harvey West park, guns found in Blue Ball park, shooting in the Beach Flats, Riverside park is a nice place to shoot up and brawl, 17 Express bus burns on 17, Keeping Up With Chris Krohn, Mike Rotkin hates the brand new council, deep thoughts from DeNiro, local measures on the ballot (with recommendations), city council candidate endorsements, weekly shoutouts, and probably a few more things too!

The Weekly Dump 10.7.16

This week, we’ve got Open Streets on Sunday, a couple more bodies found, overdose in a park playground, stabbing on Sycamore, Pajama Man strikes again, getting smashed in the head with a vodka bottle sucks, getting run over by a beater RV sucks more, using shame to get results, October is domestic violence awareness month, the bums are back in town, SCPD still seeks feedback, city council candidate propaganda takes a new spin, fact checking the progressive slate’s rhetoric, don’t forget to vote!, city council election watch, Chris Krohn loves his swamp more than his neighbors, Weekly shoutouts, DeCinzotized, and more!

The Weekly Dump 9.30.16

This Weekly Dump brings updates on another downtown murder, SWAT comes to Seabright, where have all the vagrants gone?, Loma fire, pedestrian hit by car on 9 and 1, fireworks on the beach, food trucks at Lighthouse field, Don Lane struggles with math, Jim Hart learns his lesson, who’s endorsing who?, city council election watch, weekly shoutouts, and more!

The Weekly Dump 9.23.16

This week we’ve got another murder, this time in the Seabright area, SCPD polls the public on public safety, New Courtyard Marriott in Beach Flats, Prop 47 and AB109, woman beaten with a bat downtown, drunk and disorderly at BK, free car washes on Water street, dead body found at Gateway shopping center, dubious awards, fashionART this weekend, celebrating fall equinox on the farm, Prop 64, Costanoa Commons farm work day, Democratic Central Committee endorsements for the city council, Downtown Commission forum review, city council election watch, and a few other things!