Category Archives: Weekly Articles

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 →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…City parking rates, Easter plot, community television ch.26, movies. GREENSITE…on the importance of facts. SCHENDLEDECKER…creative listening. STEINBRUNER…Purewater Soquel, supervisor race, reduce fire risk, two new libraries, Santa Cruz Voice. HAYES…Earth Day 2023. PATTON…lets be reasonable, doubt and … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…relating to UCSC and the board of Regents. GREENSITE…on dealing with issues beyond rhetoric. SCHENDLEDECKER… the particularly relentless horrors of Santa Cruz homelessness policies. STEINBRUNER…Justin Cummings Coastal Commissioner, tiny homes on wheels, city density, Swenson’s Aptos Village, … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…more about Carlos Palacios. GREENSITE…will return next week. SCHENDLEDECKER…First quarter City Council report card. STEINBRUNER…Aptos Village & Barry Swenson, pure water Soquel costs, defensible spaces. HAYES…footsteps of spring. PATTON…wanna bet? MATLOCK…questioning ethics in the batter’s box. EAGAN…Subconscious … Continue reading →

Highlights this week: BRATTON…Carlos Palacios days off??, search for book writer, East Meadow Update and sad news. GREENSITE…the city ignores its own heritage tree laws. SCHENDLEDECKER…will be back next week. STEINBRUNER…CZU fire rebuilds, county fair and David Kegebein, County planning … Continue reading →