Category: The Weekly Dump

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.

I’d say get ready for Halloween in Santa Cruz but really, everyday is like Halloween here. This week, the Auto One on Water burns down, getting the kinks out, like moths to a flame, another high risk stolen car stop, Mt. Hermon house blows up, drunks with guns doing dumb stuff, home invasion robbery thwarted, unconscious surfer pulled from water near pleasure point, 415@7-11, probation is the gift that keeps giving, a slab of beef, the Santa Mierda voting guide, so obvious, no mas, the Halloween parade, the Weekly Seen, and more.

Time for the latest Weekly Dump! This week, the city shuts down 2 city parks for public safety reasons (and more), city announces closing date for River street homeless camp, woman sexually assaulted in public park bathroom, three people arrested in Santa Cruz murder case, bohemian rhapsody in blue, don’t pick up the soap, fatal car accident in Ben Lomond, city council candidate mugged downtown, high risk stop on Market, ugly DUI crash on Highway 17, dead woman on bus at the Metro?, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, the Weekly Seen, the Happy Story of the Week, and probably a few things I forgot to mention.

There’s only one way to describe this week in Santa Cruz. Rojo Caliente! In the latest Weekly Dump, we’ve got a fire at the main jail which required evacuations on Thursday, SCPD has no answers for rash of arson fires, taking burning man too literally, suspicious fire in Depot park torches home, bum fight stabbing at the downtown Taco Bell, another creeper arrested near the high school, carjacking suspect arrested in Aptos, stabbing on Seabright Beach, Aptos babysitter sentenced for kiddie porn, stranded motorist killed by drunk on Highway 17, missing at risk woman found dead in Safeway parking lot, transient killed off Bay, making his mama proud, vote NO on Prop 11, Santa Cruz judge dies in France, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, the Weekly Seen, and more!

Five more weeks until the election and then we’ll stop seeing all the election campaign noise everywhere. In the mean time, we’ve got more local election coverage! We’re also talking about what seems to be a local arsonist on the loose near downtown, a creeper arrested near Santa Cruz High School, a Watsonville stabbing suspect is arrested, just another manic Monday, breaking bad, thieves steal a running generator, bad behavior at BSSC, motorcyclist pinned under vehicle seriously injured, Saturday night’s alright for fighting, probation is the gift that keeps giving, Aptos woman killed in rollover DUI, when it rains it pours in Scotts Valley, Soquel flasher taken down, asleep at the wheel, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, The Happy Story of the Week, and don’t forget to register to vote!

Well, the UCSC caravan of new and returning students (and their parents) descended on Santa Cruz last week, bringing the unofficial end of summer home. That didn’t stop the loco though! This week, we had the food fight in the church parking lot that escalated quickly, we had another false alarm that locked down a local school, we had the story nobody heard about (as usual), why people don’t shop downtown anymore, suspicious fire torches rental cars across the street from SCPD main station, just our daily car thief arrested in Santa Cruz, identity thief busted in Soquel, hand grenade found in local landfill, city council shuts down alternative transportation options, deputy t-bones thief in stolen truck, move your junker next time, good times with local addicts, Red tagged, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, the Weekly Seen, and maybe more!

Last week was short, this week is long, go figure! It’s the rollercoaster nature of Santa Cruz. This week, we’ve got five years of status quo failure in five minutes, lower Ocean shut down over false alarm, child ejected in rollover crash on Highway 1, a bunch of burglaries and probation failures, the effect of vagrant recidivism on downtown merchants, just what I expectorated, Aptos woman sentenced for DUI death, flipping the city the Bird, mail thieves busted in Soquel, talk like a pirate day, El Circo del Ayuntamiento, and more!