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January 3 – 9, 2024

Highlights this week: Bratton…Capitola and floods, Measure M voting and supporting. Greensite…on the Last Stop for the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. Steinbruner…Aptos Village Park and Swenson. Hayes…still in Ecuador. Patton…COP out? Matlock…nighty night to the beknighteds. Eagan…Subconscious Comics and Deep … Continue reading

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December 20, 2023 – January 3, 2024

Highlights this week: Bratton…Netflix raising prices, film critiques. Greensite… on the Sixth Cycle Housing Element. Steinbruner…landline phones to vanish, state budget, measure k (1/2 cent tax), CalPERS debt, RTC and Aptos, largest fine in history. Hayes…bicycle humor from Ecuador. Patton…The … Continue reading

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December 13 – 19, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…building heights in Santa Cruz, free classical concert. Greensite…will be back next week. Steinbruner…will also be back next week. Hayes…gone to the “outback of the Amazon” (Ecuador) will be back in January. Patton…Home rule (and attempts to … Continue reading

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December 6 – 12, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…Our rivers flood plan, Roland Rebele, license plate readers, room for grandson, movie critiques. Greensite…will be back next week. Steinbruner…a taller hotel downtown, more taller buildings, drinking recycled water legally, Swenson and Aptos Village. Hayes…not passing through. … Continue reading

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November 29 – December 5, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…our highway system, local craft fair, Santa Cruz Chorale, movie critiques. Greensite…on Wharf Decision Postponed. Steinbruner…prescribed burn, land trust tax, Big Basin water co., Chanticleer pedestrian overcrossing, Rail and trail project. Hayes… Animals of our Hearts. Patton…Looking … Continue reading

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November 22 – 28, 2023

\ Highlights this week: Bratton… Chris Strachwitz’s and Arhoolie’s new book, Santa Cruz Chorale concert, Espressivo Orchestra concert, movie critiques. Greensite…last chance for the wharf. Steinbruner…Assemblywoman Dawn Addis, County Supes and housing, 14 year old paid commissioners, Railtrail, Damian’s ladder. … Continue reading

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November 15 – 21, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…district vs. at large voting districts, Munching with Mozart concert. Greensite…why the city needs to drop the ill-conceived plan for a lowered walkway on the weather side of the Wharf. Steinbruner…Soquel Water rates hiked, Aptos WW1 monument. … Continue reading

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November 8 – 14, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…Glen Schaller died, SC Chamber Players next concert. Greensite…on the last public hearing for the Wharf Master Plan. Steinbruner…Supes rubber stamp housing, insurance companies leaving Calif., Big Basin Park recovery, rail & trail @ 17th and State … Continue reading

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November 1 – November 7, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…Democratic Socialists of America and Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Chamber Players second concert. Greensite…is preparing for Thursday’s Wharf hearing (11/02) at the Planning Commission and will be back next week. Steinbruner…Pellerin’s bills, Aptos radio tower property, Watsonville … Continue reading

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October 25 – 31, 2023

Highlights this week: Bratton…San Francisco and Santa Cruz’s similarities, Santa Cruz Chamber Players concert. Greensite…on time is short for saving our historic Municipal Wharf from a Pier 39 future. Steinbruner…CZU fire rebuilds, new Aptos Library, AMBAG’s growth forecast, Mosquito consultant, … Continue reading

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