The Weekly Dump 12.29.17

In the final Weekly Dump of 2017, we’ve got the year in review, 99 problems, morning growlers, Pinky fingered, fire on the tracks, smash and grabs near Mission and Bay, the dog can be very persuasive, torched car burns along Highway 9, belligerent drink trashes 7/11, fight at the Best Western, bat wielding transient downtown, Narcan coming to our local schools, local ADA appointed to be judge in Monterey, new CHP laws for 2018, safety enhancement zones downtown for NYE, my 2018 “wish list”, and more! See you next year!

The Weekly Dump 12.22.17

It’s the Winter Solstice edition of the Weekly Dump! In the penultimate edition for 2017, we’re over the winter hump, ramps vs. tramps, Camp Coonerty moving to River street, we obviously have nothing better to do here, trio arrested in Soquel, the problem with local storage units, the hole gets filled, Winter and Spring programs at P&R, 75 River finally gets a new tenant, and more!

The Weekly Dump 12.15.17

Take your mind off the holiday stress with the latest Weekly Dump! This week, someone got run over by a cement truck on Encinal, another overdose death in Camp Coonerty, Santa Cruz man arrested for shooting fire chief, man stabbed and robbed in Scotts Valley, don’t fence me in, DUI driver crashes and rolls SUV, Corona thief goes salsa dancing, scanners work better when you turn them on, logic and greed are not mutually exclusive, runaway llamas!, another call for service to Ferrell’s, hot and sour with SCPD, kids napping on the Metro, fight at the Ultramat, man dies in Capitola fire, water break on Water street, what’s coming in 2018 local elections, and more!

The Weekly Dump 12.8.17

Happy holidays! We’re talking the gift that keeps on giving, Ben Lomond man kills his son, three local men busted with drugs and a loaded handgun, holiday parade draws nice crowd downtown, hit and run fatality off Soquel, brawl on Birch lane, circle jerks, hit and run on Pacific, Enterprise break in, Hugh’s News, pleasure point crime and safety meeting notes, city council musical chairs, and more!

The Weekly Dump 12.1.17

This week was actually kind of quiet and uneventful but it wasn’t without a few cringe worthy moments. The high school closed due to a power failure downtown and fire at the school, AJ Gonzalez was back in big boy court, Bins for Bums, moving the downtown farmers market, Kaiser survives another 2 years, post release community supervision, making it rain in Aptos, let sleeping bums lie, squatters at Fairy Tale Farm, Hugh’s News, downtown library committee meeting, lighted boat parade returns, the Weekly Seen, and more!