The Weekly Dump 6.28.19

The recall is on and people are signing petitions this week! We’re also talking about a murder in Watsonville last week, a 12 year old boy dies in stolen car crash, a Watsonville gang member arrested as a stabbing suspect, meth is the gas that feeds the machine, Santa Cruz United launches recall efforts, a tough pill to swallow, man falls off the wharf, police arrest the king of pain, falling into the poop chute, making his rounds, Cowells still stinks, the goats are back, Everclear at the Boardwalk, the Weekly Seen, and more!

The Weekly Dump 6.21.19

Food trucks on Pacific this Friday! Woodies on the Wharf this Saturday! It’s a vehicular party this weekend in Santa Cruz. But we’ve also got the usual mess of cess which I’ll try not to obsess about. We did have a couple of shootings in Aptos this week, low hanging fruit in Live Oak, vagrants up to no good on Graham Hill road, Home Depot wants their stuff back, blanket brawl on Main Beach, pain in the ass turns himself in, grand jury calls out issues with the local jails, Woodies on the Wharf, Food Truck Summer Series comes to Pacific Avenue, Smash Mouth at the Boardwalk, and more!

The Weekly Dump 6.14.19

The Dog Days of Summer are upon us! And the fog is back! We’ve also got a shooting up near the summit of Highway 17, a home invasion robbery in Ben Lomond, a couple of vehicle vs. pedestrian accidents, the county discusses reforming their needle handouts, a consultant calls the city out, tourists from Turlock, doing dumb stuff on meth, local skidmarks, good morning Felton, a bad place to camp, a quick stop before jail, good samaritan recognized by SCPD, the Weekly Seen, the English Beat, and more!

The Weekly Dump 6.7.19

This week, we’ve got an extradited murder suspect sitting in Santa Cruz county jail, we had a woman who was run over near Cedar and Maple streets, we’ve got a serial recidivist who nearly killed himself after he stole and crashed and burned a Parks and Rec truck, we’ve got a guy arrested 91 times locally who died of a heart attack, we’ve got someone hit in the head with a hatchet, an east cliff burglar busted, stealing your face, SCPD is picking up bum trash again, picking up low hanging fruit, someone needs a Lyft, the usual bad behavior downtown, Santa Cruz United for change on the city council, and local company Looker gets bought by Google for more than 2 BILLION dollars.

The Weekly Dump 5.31.19

We’re just past Memorial Day weekend and things are heating up locally, even if the weather isn’t. We had a stabbing near the Boardwalk, a shooting near Jose Park, guns drawn on Mission street, the gift that keeps on giving, drunk and disorderly, pedestrian killed near Davenport, she really wanted to go to jail, Boulder Creek accident sends victim to trauma unit, fire torches Branciforte home, Sup dummies, El Bus del Payaso Corto, the Weekly Seen, bye bye Theta Chi, bye Chip, and the Happy Story of the Week is back!

The Weekly Dump 5.24.19

It’s Memorial Day weekend and the “unofficial” start of summer. And that nasty old drug camp is gone just in time! And this week, the local group dumping their needles there got shut down too after they pulled their application to dump more needles. We also have a body found near Moran Lake, a home invasion burglary in Aptos, the usual hot mess at the Metro, an early morning stabbing in Aptos, the gift that keeps on giving, a fire torches the Hideout in Aptos (more Aptos!), octogenarian arrested on skid row, inmate dies in Watsonville, forgetting your needles and stolen property, it’s not really a camp, new public safety center opens in Aptos (more Aptos!), car takes out pole at Mission and Bay, rail trail over Lost Boys bridge done, and we celebrate our 3rd anniversary of bringing you the vibrantly honest truth weekly.

The Weekly Dump 5.17.19

It’s been a very long time since I haven’t had the displeasure of talking about a certain camp named after a certain city manager but this is the week! Cause it’s gone daddy gone, the love is gone away. Gone away. But in other news, another woman was punched in the face downtown this week, a pregnant woman was assaulted at the Aptos Taco Bell, we’ve got a baseball bat beating in front of the Homeless Services Center, nobody wants more needles, SCPD chases gunman near the Boardwalk, man tased downtown, complying the hard way, Rescued Treasures hit again, busted in the head with a bottle near the Boardwalk, the gift that keeps on giving, drunk woman kills teen on Highway 17, just give them a reason to pull you over, Springtime for Hitler, all that glitters isn’t gold, Gonzalez to be tried as an adult, Weekly Shoutouts, and more!

The Weekly Dump 5.10.19

The day is finally here! We say a long overdue adios to Camp Bernal (but not the bums who trashed it), we had a small explosion in the camp after last week’s threats to “blow something up”, 3.2 million in the hole, downtown loser arrested for punching innocent woman in the face, ace is the place, car goes over cliff off Highway 1, I’d hate to be their neighbors, slugs and drugs, big rig rollover on 17, OD at India Joze, the shittiest parents of the week, paint it black, late night vagrancy downtown, DeCinzotized returns, and more.

The Weekly Dump 5.3.19

It’s finally here! I can finally stop talking about Camp Bernal (after this week of course), we’ve got a local dingleberry inciting riots, common sense prevails over idiot compassion, a woman was reportedly raped and kicked in the head at the drug camp, brawling in the New Leaf parking lot, domestic abuse leads to much more trouble, Bear Fire suspect pleads guilty, rooftop disturbance ends peacefully, man arrested on gun charges after work fight, multiple businesses burglarized on Soquel, transient car thief arrested in Scotts Valley, just beat it, early morning fire torches local motel, the Weekly Seen is back, giving cats a forever home, and we’re celebrating good times with Kool and the Gang!

The Weekly Dump 4.26.19

We’ve got a big old Weekly Dump for you this week! We’re talking about the court delay to the inevitable closing of Camp Bernal, a child finds a needle on Seabright beach during KION interview, a woman is stabbed in Seabright, a man is attacked with a hatchet in Watsonville, a walk in the park, bum breaks Lyft drivers windshield downtown, Watsonville police get guns off the street, stolen car shows up in an obvious location, asleep at the wheel, high speed chase on Highway 17, trying to get arrested, San Jose woman arrested for downtown robbery, just another Friday morning downtown, coffee shop thief arrested in Aptos, man falls of West Cliff, the big meh, Common Sense, local firefighters go ballistic, and more!

The Weekly Dump 4.19.19

This week, we’re trying to stop bad ideas before they manifest themselves (yet again), Colt drops the hammer, drunken bottle brawl on Pacific Avenue, robbery and stabbing near Ocean and Broadway, three Aptos businesses burglarized, stabbing yourself in the armpit hurts, Transient California, rude awakening on the North Coast, hobbits in Santa Cruz, butts on the beach, a little Wagner for local conspiracy theorists, the wisdom of Dr. Drew, Maddy’s Garden, red white and blue beach sold, and more!

The Weekly Dump 4.12.19

Wasn’t sure I was going to make it this week when the website went down today but it turned out to be a minor glitch and the reward is a timely Weekly Dump! This week, another young woman dies in Camp Bernal, teen driver sends pregnant mom to trauma center, Watsonville gang members arrested for shooting this week, suspected meth dealer arrested in Live Oak, Watsonville teen arrested with assault rifle at homeless campsite, another “post release community supervision” success story, busted in DRUG Camp Bernal, Santa Cruz city council votes to continue to do nothing about the homeless, juvenile arrested with gun at Davenport Beach, tasers and alcohol don’t mix, drunk driver on the railroad tracks, bike thief evades SCPD in Neary Lagoon, brawling behind the Catalyst, Ryan Coonerty doing critical stuff, Boardwalk announces summer concert lineup, and more!

The Weekly Dump 4.5.19

So I heard the city is now waffling on the Camp Bernal closing date again. Spineless like jellyfish. But while they keep putting this off, one of their drug addled campers tried to kidnap an 11 year old boy from a city park this week! We’ve also got a guy with a knife taken down at gunpoint at Taco Bell, the city wants to double the size of the Homeless Services Center, SCPD parks their trailer at Gateway Plaza, a couple of Scotts Valley car chases with guns, fire torches Aptos home, naked guy trashes west side house, creeper at the local high school swim meet, Watsonville gang banger busted with assault rifle, getting pepper sprayed in the face by the bartender, and we have a new K9!

The Weekly Dump 3.29.19

Us is the number one film in America and that puts us in the spotlight. And the word I hear is people are afraid to visit Santa Cruz now. And I had nothing to do with it! But as for real life frightening stuff, we had a shooting across the street from the Boardwalk, we had a stabbing off 38th avenue, grifters get the boot from a West Cliff rental, the city council walks it back, fatal accident kills woman near Capitola Mall, burglary suspects shut down Watsonville high school, boat sinks off Aptos beach, body found in Henry Cowell State Park, smashing windows on Soquel, broken meth pipes, trouble in paradise, bigger biohazards being ignored, bum faceplants, row Jimmy, boys save girl from drowning, Vibrantly Honest, and more.

The Weekly Dump 3.22.19

This week, we continue to show we can’t get out of our own way. The city council decides to move their dumpster fire to downtown, a body was found on New Brighton beach, Seattle is dying and we are on life support, a vibrantly honest tour of Camp Bernal, teens rescued from riptide, drunk hits 3 people on East Cliff, low income housing, battered by a shopping cart, teens hurt in accident near Harbor High, time to take out the trash, attempted robbery yields jail time, a pocket full of kryptonite, 11 times and counting, mething around, channeling Taylor, Watsonville man arrested for riding a horse drunk, and does anybody remember laughter?