The Weekly Dump 10.18.19
It's the final days to collect signatures for the recall petition so if you haven't signed yet, do it in the next 2 days! I'll do a happy dance once…Continue Reading →
The Weekly Dump 10.11.19
Enough? To quote Robert Smith, "it's never enough". This week, Santa Cruz is a national story for all the wrong…
The Weekly Dump 10.4.19
As we say good bye to summer and hello to fall (and all the new students at UCSC), we bring…
The Weekly Dump 9.20.19
Enjoy the last week of local bliss before the UCSC kids are back. At least we got our beach back. In other stuff worth klatching about, we had a pair…Continue Reading →
The Weekly Dump 9.13.19
Beach...beach.....the beach is back! With thanks to Mary from NextDoor and apologies to Elton John, we got our Main Beach…
The Weekly Dump 8.30.19
I've got a lot to say this week and I'm making no appoligees. And having someone who can spell check…
The Weekly Dump 8.23.19
Morning meltdowns at city hall! Who's bringing you the vibrantly honest stories? Who's breaking the vibrantly honest local news? You found the place. In other news, we've got the guy…Continue Reading →
The Weekly Dump 8.16.19
What's up with all the shootings in Santa Cruz? We had a couple more this week. We also had the…
The Weekly Dump 8.9.19
It's back to school time and thank goodness Costco has "bullet resistant" backpacks for the kids! And with 3 shootings…
The Weekly Dump 8.2.19
Yes, that's a bullet hole he's pointing at. This week, we've got a shooting at the Metro Center downtown, the Boulder Creep, breaking faces, the school of hard knocks, local…Continue Reading →
The Weekly Dump 7.26.19
Squirrels and baking soda! The hot stories of the week! We've got them and we've also got car thieves without…
The Weekly Dump 7.19.19
Time for the latest Weekly Dump! This week, SCPD investigates voter intimidation by a handful of disruptive kooks downtown, a…
The Weekly Dump 7.12.19
This week, we've got a former Aptos babysitter getting 30 years for producing child pornography, bums smoking meth in the kid’s playhouse at the Santa Cruz Bible Church, drunk beats…Continue Reading →
The Weekly Dump 7.5.19
It sounds like a war zone outside. Oh, it's just the 4th of July in Santa Cruz, where fireworks are…
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…
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…Continue Reading →
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 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…
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…Continue Reading →
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…