Category: The Weekly Dump

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!

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!

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.

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?

Of course it’s a crazy Dump this week. It’s the Ides of March! Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your eyes and ears! I come not to bury bad news but acknowledge it in vibrantly honest fashion! With apologies to Shakespeare and Mark Antony, this week’s oration includes a car hitting a Metro bus, SCPD steps up patrols around Camp Bernal, road raging motorcyclist with gun taken down, SCPD warns about scam, the gift that keeps giving, cognac for breakfast, art thief busted, happy loving couples make it look so easy, Bonesios bum chase, Camp Bernal bum chase, fire destroys Boulder Creek home, Mocha Frappuccino, for the love of beer, the 15th is coming, living next door to Camp Bernal, drugs, guns, and recidivism, the world outside our bubble is watching us, city council flatulence, Watsonville man found guilty of murder, and more!

Good times! Ain’t we lucky we got em. This week, two more dead bodies were pulled out of Camp Bernal, there was also a fire there, dysfunction at city hall, gang member crashes near Manresa, fallen tree closes Highway 1, horsing around, not so safe way, tire slasher arrested, 22 times and counting, run for the border, accidents on Highway 17, and more.

This week, a murder suspect returns to Santa Cruz, the city council gives us a lot of hot air and nothing, Santa Cruz attorney sentenced for spousal abuse, crowbar nuisance taken down, brawling at Bonesios, a literal dumpster fire, wearing the evidence, running like a Deere, burglar on the roof, no time for nonsense, picking up other states trash, Weekly Shoutouts, and more!

This week Camp Bernal gets it’s official eviction notice, DHS pops by and nobody blinks, drugs not slugs, SCPD has their dirty laundry aired, FIT to be tried, the truth can be offensive, the garden of low hanging fruit, Mommy Dearest, a royal flush, medical emergency causes Highway 1 crash, gang fight near Capitola mall, water under the bridge, the Weekly Seen, and never forget one of the saddest days in our city’s history.

We’ve had some wild and crazy weather and we’ve had a wild and crazy week! Mother Nature isn’t politically correct, we had a major shutdown of Highway 17 after 2 fatalities and a falling tree, a woman’s body was found at La Selva Beach, feeling good in the neighborhood, man threatens woman with knife off Western Drive, Bernal bum threatens to shoot Gateway employee, man arrested for trying to break into the county jail, kayakers rescued from rising river, deputies chase old man through Soquel Creek, didn’t pass the sniff test, another frequent flyer, busted for passing gas, vodka for breakfast, pedestrian killed near Brookdale, plane crash injures two near Watsonville, Juego de Payasos, and more!

It’s not quite as extreme as hell freezing over but we did get snow in Santa Cruz this week! We also had a carjacking in Capitola, gang kids busted in Santa Cruz, a possible shooting in the Beach Flats, the gift that keeps on giving, a stolen car full of needles, turn out the lights the party’s over, van burns near the Boardwalk, how many times can we fail here, a couple of creepers arrested near schools, killer denied parole, rojo caliente, local activist found dead on Cowells Beach, the Santa Mierda Podcast Network, and more!

I thought this was supposed to be the “slow” time of the year in Santa Cruz? The “off season”, with the Boardwalk mostly closed and a fraction of the summer tourist traffic. It’s never slow or boring here. This week, we’ve got a double stabbing downtown and a suspect finally arrested for attempted murder, we’ve got a woman shot and killed in Aptos along with two others who were shot and stabbed at the same location, we’ve got the usual recidivist stories about probation failure, tourists from Livermore, low budget thieves, cornholed in Soquel, nude motorcyclists cruise through downtown, Coach Creeper, vaccination fraud, Jerry Brown hates public safety, the Weekly Seen, Weekly Shoutouts, Unfiltered, and more!

This week, we’ve got another dead body found in Camp Bernal while local Gateway businesses complain about bad neighbors, there was also an apparent stabbing there, 23 times and counting, looking for his needles perhaps, community unloads on Bruce, a gift from the sea and county, appearances can be deceiving, arrested at the dump, where’s the beef, move it Chalupa, mail thieves hit Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz house fire displaces six, we love a parade, the Weekly Seen, Unfiltered, and more.

Well the rain didn’t wash away the pain this week. It probably flushed all kinds of unmentionables into a tsunami down the San Lorenzo river and out into the bay and ocean. Where’s the environmentalists and their outrage? In addition to the giant flush, we had lots of other stuff happen. Someone got stabbed in front of their kid in Depot Park. We’ve got another one of those horror stories you never read about in the local news. A house blew up in Felton. I’m just getting warmed up here. More gifts from county probation, Aptos burglars caught with funny money, the county shuffle in action, dumb drunks in Aptos, a brawl on the boulevard, a year too long for her, an attempted carjacking and stabbing in Watsonville, a slightly disgruntled employee, hitting close to home, possible warming fires, a day in the life of the day shift, homeless solutions, more Games of Krohns, it’s time for a parade or two, Bite Me, and more.

The Game of Krohns has begun! Welcome to another Weekly Dump. This week, we’ve got a body at the base of a Davenport cliff, we’ve got tornados and water spouts and roofs getting blown off the wharf, we’ve got more skimming going on than we’re being told about, a local drunk rampages in a downtown parking garage, Challenger loses, WPD deals with a raging man, just another morning on Mission street, failure to yield sends victim to hospital, oops upside your head, arrest at Home Depot, tied to the Hitching Post, looking good for your mugshot, Marianne’s deals with the local flavor, drunk crashes off Bear Creek road, Safeway shoplifter stopped for a change, rounding up goats at the summit, Juego de Payasos, The Weekly Seen, and more.

Welcome to first edition of the Weekly Dump for 2019! We’re still suffering from our collective progressive hangover this week. We’ve got my new hero, Don Hill, telling the city their shit stinks, murder? what murder?, we’ve got a robbery on Lower Ocean, the county shuffle in action, the gift that keeps giving, searching for more than just excuses, this ain’t no Best Western, Coast Guard rescues pair of kayakers, man killed on Highway 1 evading CHP, suspected drunk crashes into tree on Highway 1, high speed chase on Highway 17, oh Darling, car hits pedestrian near Coral Street, criminals of opportunity love Santa Cruz, bad mom checks all the boxes, kid with BB gun creates Capitola Mall panic, animal shelter burglarized on Christmas Day, local bums pick the wrong town to be bums in, truth in numbers, and a little Blind Faith.