Month: November 2018

It’s raining! It’s pouring! Santa Cruz is never boring! This week, we’ve got lots of rain and the usual mayhem that comes with it, the Board of Supervisors declare war on mini shampoo bottles, pedestrian killed on Highway 1, fire prompts evacuation at SCHS, city settles wrongful death suit, making the Baby Jesus cry, Live Oak residents sleep through home invasion burglary, pulling weeds, some people can’t take no for an answer, Watsonville child rapist sentenced, less than Swift response, morning fun at Camp Bernal, Privates Beach gets less private, California has gotten progressively more dangerous, the Weekly Seen, and more!

Happy Thanksgiving! I know it seems like we don’t have a lot to be thankful for but if you look hard enough, I’m sure you can muster up a few things. Like you! My faithful readers. I’m thankful for you, that you lend me your ear when I feel the need to vent, that you …

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In this week’s Dump, we’ve got a runaway freight train of a dump truck taking out more than 20 cars near Highways 1 and 9, a woman was assaulted with a meat cleaver, Fire Chief orders local parks and green spaces closed, the worms are out of the can, vehicle hits pedestrian near UCSC, lots of stories about fires as usual, cutting the grass gets interesting, injured surfer flown to trauma center, city council fishes for red herring, Bite Me, and more.

The election is finally behind us! Now I’ll have some new people to pick on. In the mean time, welcome to the machine! Thoughts on the election, we’ve got lots of wildfires and arsonists stories, woman goes missing off Main Beach, high speed chase in Scotts Valley ends with crash in Capitola, attempted burglary on Soquel, van hits pole on Laurel, dirt clod arrested in Soquel, arsonist arrested in Vapor Cleaners fire, the Warriors are back, and a heartfelt thank you sendoff to our soon to be former Mayor.

It’s the Halloween Hangover edition of the Weekly Dump! This week, a young woman was stabbed in the Cabrillo College cafeteria, home grown domestic terrorists are alive and lurking in Santa Cruz, an arsonist finally gets arrested (while another gets cited and released), Halloween downtown, a couple of trifectas of terrible judgement, welcome to paradise, another bum fire in Depot Park, downtown assault leaves man unconscious, passing gas, sitting in the hot seat, 5th man arrested in recent murder, city council candidates walk out of UCSC forum, the Weekly Seen, and more.