Tag: Santa Cruz CA

What’s up with all the shootings in Santa Cruz? We had a couple more this week. We also had the guy on bail for murder getting in trouble again in Watsonville, car thieves arrested at gunpoint downtown, taking a turn for the worse, the gift that keeps on giving, fatal accident and a kid hit by a car near Davenport, drunk plows into parked SCPD patrol car, local drug delivery bust, Cat and Cloud robbed, dumb and dumber in Watsonville, thief busted on Pacific, the Brady’s bunch, brawling for breadsticks, thief on probation steals phone from Safeway, where to sign the recall petitions this week, and more.

It’s back to school time and thank goodness Costco has “bullet resistant” backpacks for the kids! And with 3 shootings locally in the past week, Costco knows a good opportunity and good market when it sees one! This week, we’ve got a shooting near Grant Park, a shooting on Chestnut, a shooting on Bay, a knife fight on Main Beach, a woman stabs another with a syringe on Coral Street, the Santa Cruz Main Jail is shut down as HAZMAT is called in, a Watsonville man is busted for sex trafficking, a smash and dash near the Boardwalk, 19 times and counting, cooling his jets in jail, downtown robbery suspect busted, beat it kook, Door Dash driver gets a big surprise, recall updates, Weekly Shoutouts and Thanks, and more!

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 grifter gets denied and dismissed, one for the road show, the gift that keeps on giving, 20 years ago, bumper cars at the Aqua Breeze, don’t pee on my rainbow, drunk joyride ends up in jail, hunger strikes, recall petition updates, a little Y&T, Weekly shoutouts and thanks, and more!

Squirrels and baking soda! The hot stories of the week! We’ve got them and we’ve also got car thieves without excuses, the city’s fuzzy math, gun threats in Aptos, an attempted stabbing in Watsonville, the gift that keeps on giving, a burglary in Aptos, Jelli Beanz, don’t text and drive, motorcyclist hit on Mission, the ex part makes sense, jeepers creepers, Jim Hart needs your help, recall petition updates, Brian Howe, Weekly Shoutouts and thanks, and more!

Time for the latest Weekly Dump! This week, SCPD investigates voter intimidation by a handful of disruptive kooks downtown, a woman steals from Safeway and nearly runs over SCPD doing it, a Watsonville man is arrested for filming himself sexually assaulting kids, pounds of drugs, a death at Deadman’s campground, Camp Bernal poster boy arrested for selling heroin, asking to get caught, skidding along Coral street, local couch potato arrested, getting jiggy with it, where to sign the recall petition this week, yacht rock at the Boardwalk, weekly shoutouts and thanks, and more!

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 up his elderly parents for breakfast, downtown drunk bumper cars, lost boys, the crystal method, the gifts that keep on giving in 4 part harmony, evading the turnstile, fun at Frenchy’s, drunk woman caught at Cabrillo, Watsonville playground torched by arsonist, Downtown Forward?, Drew Glover needs some Common Sense, recall petition updates and where to sign this week, free Foghat at the Boardwalk, and weekly shoutouts and thanks!

It sounds like a war zone outside. Oh, it’s just the 4th of July in Santa Cruz, where fireworks are both illegal and everywhere. In other news, we had three people shot in Watsonville, another recidivist home invasion burglar gets arrested again, a Watsonville standoff ends peacefully, gang banging on the westside, local shoplifters nabbed in stolen car, John Doe 2019, someone steals a plane from the Watsonville airport, accident clogs up Highway 1, plant carnage at the Home Depot, recall petition updates, and Pride and Joy at the Boardwalk.

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!

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 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!

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.

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!

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.

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 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.