The Weekly Dump 11.29.19

Happy Black Friday! Am I still allowed to call it that or is that offensive? I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s fragility. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Short week of stuff. Blame the tryptophan or the Sound of Music. This week, mother nature shows why she is the ultimate deterrent, we had a wild turkey rescued from a local bum camp, will it go round it circles, Canadian tourists causing trouble, you can’t hide your prying eyes, van on the run, notes from the last city council meeting, and more!

The Weekly Dump 11.22.19

It’s more of the usual madness this week from the land of the Holy Cross. The repercussions finally arrived this week for Chris Krohn and Drew Glover. And we had Grifter Camp go to hell and watched a mentally ill homeless woman sit in jail for a week while her friends forgot about her. And apparently raping children isn’t newsworthy anymore, a domestic abuser was arrested with a loaded gun and meth in Santa Cruz, nice dreams, turnstiler of the week, at least he’s still in jail, your worst driving nightmare, thieves break into my house in Watsonville, skidding along on Coral Street, someone got robbed downtown, Too Funny For Facebook!, and more.

The Weekly Dump 11.15.19

Like a virtual toilet that just keeps overflowing, these are the days of our lives. We had that nutty woman living in a tent on the Water Street bridge threatening people with a knife, we’ve got the turd that won’t go away, we’ve got nothing to see here apparently, chronic drunks in public, a bad accident in Watsonville, magic mushrooms, UCSC creeper arrested, Watsonville gang members arrested, disorder in the court, turnstiler of the week, put him on a bus back to Utah, the county is still oblivious about needles, adios Judge Symons, and more!

The Weekly Dump 11.8.19

Spring forward and fall back! It’s time for the latest Weekly Dump. Spend some of that hour you gained by catching up on what’s new in Santa Cruz. This week, a local judge delays the trial of a suspected murderer, a sexual predator is arrested for molesting children for the past 10 years, a junkie with a gun at Denny’s, bumming around Cowells, the gift that keeps on giving, turnstiler of the week, flinging hens, flash in the can, man dies after riding bike off cliff, cartman, magic mushrooms, move it or lose it, thefts rise at UCSC, a fairly benign Halloween downtown, not in their back yard, get Wyze, the Weekly Seen, and more!

The Weekly Dump 11.1.19

Anyone else nursing a Halloween hangover? Neither rain, snow, sleet, hail, or raging hangovers will prevent the Dump from being delivered. This week, we learned 2 guys were arrested for murdering an inmate INSIDE the Santa Cruz County jail, a guy was beaten and left for dead in the middle of the road in Live Oak, a falling tree kills a homeless woman in the Pogonip, the B40 stolen car lot, another fire torches Depot Park hillside, asking to get busted, UCSC creeper, raging at the Ramada, maybe he couldn’t find a parking spot, Jump into the ocean, SCPD gets points for trying, freedom in name only, tweekers with really nice bikes, hit and run injures woman in Watsonville, a little Feat, Dia De Los Muertos, and more!

The Weekly Dump 10.25.19

It’s time for a bit of trick and treat. One group whines about tricks. The other group enjoys the treats. Let’s play TOTAL RECALL. Team recall went 2 for 2 this week, blowing their target numbers away. So obviously, that’s been the big story for this week (and will be for weeks to come now). In other news, we’re talking district elections, we had a local high school teacher get arrested for sexual misconduct, downtown is a dumpster fire, nightmare at the Dream Inn, Transient Tarzan, why people are reluctant to shop downtown, the meth fiesta way, picking up other county’s trash, tinkle tweeking, and more!

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 the signatures are verified and we get this on the ballot. In other news, James Kohut hung himself in jail, we had an ex lovers spat that lead to an attempted stabbing, coffee with a cop, how Santa Cruz enables domestic violence, the usual madness at Safeway, Watsonville drunk sends 5 kids to the hospital, car torched off Bear Creek Road, the gifts that keep on giving, bums stealing beer, cruising around high in a stolen car on West Cliff, the end is near, weekly shoutouts, and more!

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 reasons yet again, PGE selectively shuts down our power, junkies with guns are a recipe for trouble, tased and confused, urine luck, the dumpster fire is far from out, midnight at the oasis, sunny side up, it was the needle and the spoon, buen trabajo, Open Streets on West Cliff, four women and the truth, weekly shoutouts and thanks, and more!

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 you another vibrantly honest week of news and views from Santa Cruz. This week, we had a guy get kidnapped from his home in Pleasure Point and murdered, we had a fake bomb threat on a Metro bus, we had a spitter at the Gap, not so kind people, busted flat, thieves drive through Walgreens front door, never ride shotgun with this guy, arsonist at the wharf, brawling at the Mission, Soquel Avenue flasher, a fifth of bad behavior, West Cliff home ransacked, outstanding work by SCPD, the bitch is back, climate strike marchers downtown, 36,000 reasons to say no mas, stuck in the middle with you, where to sign those recall petitions this weekend, and more!

The Weekly Dump 9.27.19

This week, Santa Cruz city hall set a new low for progressive “compASSion”, thank you Cynthia, Donna, Martine, and Susie, Santa Cruz deputies find catatonic person covered in feces, Brookside man arrested for sexual assaults, by the time they got to Woodstock’s, vagrant busted in Laurel Park, classical gas, no place like home, the frequent flyer of the week (and the runner up), motorcyclist killed in Highway 1 accident, angry man gets a timeout in jail, rollin and stolen, SCPD volunteers help with different kind of arrest, where to sign the recall petition this week, the Weekly Seen, and more!

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 of guys get popped in a stolen BMW with a loaded assault rifle near the Boardwalk, we had a frequent flyer on the county shuffle waving a gun around downtown, we had an attempted kidnapping become a case of mistaken identity, we had a woman from Boulder Creek tossing a bloody tampon at the state assembly, a serial grifter goes to prison, the gift that keeps on giving, knucklehead arrested yet again, mission impossible to fix, deputies brush up on their work, father and son arrested again in Watsonville, Felton accident kills woman, everything but anchovies, it’s called Best BUY, stolen ATM machine gets no love, city council talks needles, the king has left the stage, updates on where to sign the recall petition this weekend, and more!

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 back this week, no thanks to soon to be recalled Drew Glover. In other stuff, a guy got shot in the ear with a pellet gun downtown, a guy with a gun was reported seen near the Pogonip, the pool is closed, women brawlers, burglar arrested downtown, getting in the zone, sleeping car thief busted, a couple of bumfights, tourist arrested for rape and attempted homicide, the usual Friday night downtown, batteries not included, updates on the recall petition signature drive, weekly shoutouts and thanks, and more!

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 your signs before you print them is always a good idea unless you want to promote how dumb you are. In other news, we had a murder in Aptos, a couple of stabbings in Santa Cruz, a home invasion attempt, a high speed chase in traffic on Mission, three incidents involving schools being locked down or having suspects arrested on campus for making threats, life in prison for pair convicted of murder on the levee, detoxifying city hall, where to get your signature on this week, nothing good happens at 3AM, when life doesn’t really mean life, it’s his downtown too, the gifts that keep on giving (in 3 parts), jeepers creepers, battery on Pacific, robbery on Beach Street, hold his beer while you’re at it, busted on Seabright Beach, messing with the wrong house, Espectáculo de Mierda, the city wants to buy Gateway Plaza, weekly shoutouts and thanks, and more!

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 who barricaded himself in the Homeless Services Center last week and threatened to burn it down, a couple of arrests are made related to the rash of recent shootings, breaking balls and stories, attempted child abduction in Felton, the gangs all here, been caught stealing, elderly woman assaulted on the wharf, the gift that keeps on giving, never let them see you sweat, U-Haul him off to jail, he could have used a shot (of espresso), concern over possible UCSC gunman, bike thieves busted in Aptos, after midnight, everyone loves Raymond, the usual from Bonesios, non-critical mass, we have a local judge race, an update from the recall petition organizers, Marini’s closes downtown location, Valley of the Moon Fiddle Extravaganza at the Santa Cruz Civic, and more!

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 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.