Month: July 2018

It’s been quite the loco week here! We had an innocent young woman murdered by a local junkie we’ve been propping up for years, the shooting at Highway 9 and Fern, another crazy tweeker home invasion robbery in the middle of the day, boy buried alive at Seabright beach, Watsonville kid almost shoots toddler, assault with a cattle prod, smacking around women at Safeway, an attempted burglary across from the Homeless Services Center, teens arrested with guns, road raging on 17, Scotts Valley mail thieves, praying at the porcelain altar, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, The Fixx at the Boardwalk, the Weekly Seen, and more!

Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Dump! This week, we’ve got a body pulled out of the San Lorenzo River downtown on Thursday morning, some sort of dangerous man bun threat in Aptos requiring a shelter in place, 3 more teens arrested in Aptos hammer attack (who knew Aptos was so dangerous?), another one gets away from SCPD, birds of a feather flock together, surfer seriously injured at Steamers, big rig spill closes Mission street, maybe he was just waving to the tourists, goat on the loose, low hanging fruit picked in Watsonville, rent control opponents miss key deadline, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, The Weekly Seen, Los Lonely Boys at the Boardwalk, the return of the Happy Story of the Week, and more!

In the latest Weekly Dump, we’re talking about the possibly armed domestic abuser with an outstanding warrant who evaded SCPD in the Pogonip, another beautiful day in the neighborhood, local toker blows up the house he’s renting, give that dog a biscuit, shooting at the Metro, Scotts Valley is hardly boring, Gilligan, more drunks downtown accosting people, wildland fires at Natural Bridges, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, Jim Hart wants your advice, Jerry Brown screws the city council, a little Stevie Wonder for Friday the 13th, Smash Mouth at the Boardwalk, and more!

Santa Cruz survives the 4th of July, despite sounding like a war zone most of the night. This week’s highlights (and lowlifes) include the worst kept secret in Santa Cruz, the homeless shelter nobody wants next door, local perv strikes Verve, probation compliance nets 3, bail is just a reason to commit more felonies, arrests and oxymorons in Freedom, vacation rental in Soquel burglarized, coast guard rescue near Wilder Ranch, couch surfing, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, DeCinzotized, Rose Royce at the Boardwalk, and more.