Author Archives: Webmistress

Highlights this week: Bratton…Pellerin party, join the DSA, Kauai bargain. Greensite…on city Public Relations. Schendledecker…water pollution, trees, and Juneteenth. Steinbruner…McPherson retiring, county budget burst, Aptos Beach road, park funds, keep Cabrillo name. Hayes…we love this land. Patton…a word from the … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: Bratton…community television, Lani Faulkner for supervisor, goodbye Michael Griggs, and movie critiques. Greensite…on West Cliff Drive consultants’ road show. Schendledecker…taxes and democracy. Steinbruner…Cabrillo names, Cabrillo housing, Aptos Village mess, Supes budget meetings, county fire budget? Hayes…city coyotes. … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: Bratton…first district supervisor, 2023 musical saw festival, movies. Greensite… on Wharf Master Plan Phase 2…Public Be Damned. Schendledecker…why work with the dems? Steinbruner…supes budget hearings, land use control, housing shortage real?, Cabrillo housing and name. Hayes…Never cry … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: Bratton… UCSC’s newspaper, housing for people, movies. Greensite…revisits housing costs. Schendledecker…will be back next week. Steinbruner… fires, insurance and rebuilding, Santa Cruz cyclists, human trafficking here, county fairgrounds drama. Hayes…bluff diversity. Patton…Doom loop. Matlock…life is hard and … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Kaiser Permanente’s decision, Ed Porter memory, movies. GREENSITE…on losing the sense of place that is Santa Cruz.  SCHENDLEDECKER…May updates, oversized vehicles. STEINBRUNER…Kaiser Permanente’s Taj Mahal doomed, housing elements, Soquel Creek water district issues, Memorial Day. HAYES…on a … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…latest rail & trail news, the Santa Cruz sign. GREENSITE…will be back next week. SCHENDLEDECKER…still on vacation. STEINBRUNER…county budget gloomy, soquel bike lane, military weapons, charging for research, housing element, Nisene marks, Aptos Village closures, live oak … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…welcome to Santa Cruz sign, Ironsides and Raymond Burr, Chris Strachwitz, movies. GREENSITE… on the Wharf Master Plan is back, unchanged. SCHENDLEDECKER…taking a short vacation. STEINBRUNER…heritage redwoods, Aptos village parking, CalFire emergency reserves, dense housing, granny units. … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…UC unfair to students and workers, another May Day. GREENSITE…on west cliff opportunism. SCHENDLEDECKER…there’s no escaping plastic smog. STEINBRUNER…Highway 1 bike lanes, businesses into housing, grant $ and homeless, budget hearings, history fair in Felton. HAYES…Our snakes. … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…about sports records, rental registry, John Leopold and New Orleans, movies. GREENSITE…on Mission St. development. SCHENDLEDECKER…oversized vehicle ordinance. STEINBRUNER…excessive housing numbers, County fair board changes, widening highway 1, Porter Street bridge. HAYES…conservation grazing for grassland diversity. PATTON…Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Covid tests and CVS, Ed Porter, Elza Minor, Musical Saw Festival, movies GREENSITE…on the city’s 5-Year Strategic Plan. SCHENDLEDECKER…our cities future. STEINBRUNER…supes meeting=no agenda, no video, where’s Zach? PG&E raise, new Soquel fire station, eminent domain. HAYES…see, … Continue reading →