Author Archives: Bruce

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Historical photo update, Regal 9 history, Nick and Del Mar history, movies at Wikipedia. GREENSITE… on local anthropocentrism or “it’s all about us.” KROHN…first 100 days,transportation, housing, houslessness, city commissions, city wages. STEINBRUNER…Cemex plant future, Sustainable Soquel … Continue reading →

Highlights this week:BRATTON…UCSC’s Book-burning revisited. GREENSITE…on Wiener event. KROHN…Highway 1 & 9 and eminent domain, cell towers, Depot Park, Camp Ross, evaluating Jump Bikes. STEINBRUNER…City Water Supply, Soquel Creek Water rates rising, Environmental law suit support, drinking sewage water, Wieners … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…UCSC demolishes onward, Save historic Circle Church. GREENSITE…on Senate Bill 50 and losing local control. KROHN…City Council and no strategic plan, library garage, homeless shelter, rent stabilization, climate action, buying Beach Flats garden. STEINBRUNER…Senator Wiener’s pro-housing talk, … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Saving the Historic Circle Church, Saving Santa Cruz Westside (especially Cliff and Bay), a Fire poem from Paradise resident Claire Braz-Valentine. GREENSITE… on losing the small-town character of Santa Cruz. KROHN…a statement from some very active women … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…R.U.I.N. Real estate Under Intense Negotiation (our numerous development battles). GREENSITE…5G and a great Planning Commission meeting. KROHN…another closed session, affordable housing, City legal services, Harvey West Pool, Ice Raids/Homeland Security, Camp Ross, Council Community Group. STEINBRUNER…Harbor … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Victory over Nissan in Soquel, 908 Ocean development plots and problems, Church Circle’s managed meeting. GREENSITE…on North Coast Rail Trail. KROHN…City Council’s week and library, housing, Camp Ross, housing and Sherry Conable. STEINBRUNER…Nissan defeat in Soquel, CEQA … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Save the Circle Church (Errett Circle), Some of UCSC’s Climate Changes issues, UCSC’s East Meadow update, GREENSITE…on new council snafus. KROHN… Camp Ross, list of last week’s council issues, U.S. Foreign Policy, Bernie Sanders, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez quote. … Continue reading →

668 Highlights this week: BRATTON…Miserable Oscar show, and the demise of theatres. GREENSITE…on protecting the city’s open space lands. KROHN…ICE and Homeland Security Raids here, developers thriving and renters starving. STEINBRUNER…Soquel Creek water District and those rate hikes, Printsmith leaving … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Metro bus passes, Create a plaza, Paul Hostetter died. GREENSITE…on a place for the homeless. KROHN…City council decision making, Eco Passes, homelessness, council appointments. STEINBRUNER…Aptos P.O. Bike jump history, Coastal Bluffs armor and problem, new 152 parcel … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Who’s paying for DeLaveaga golf course and that restaurant, Sherry Conable’s goodbye note. GREENSITE…on demolishing our history. KROHN…Council agenda issues, networking and group actions, Green New Deal info, Sherry Conable’s many contributions, DeLaVeaga restaurant subsidy.STEINBRUNER…talks about her … Continue reading →