Category Archives: Weekly Articles
February 17 – 23, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…CNN, MSNBC, surfer protection, Reed Searle, Covid shots. GREENSITE…on yet another blow to neighborhood activism. KROHN…Reed Searle, City Hall rot, who manages the city manager. STEINBRUNER…CZU fire rebuild issues, George Washington Bust and Inaugural address, Santa Clara … Continue reading
February 10 – 17, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Humans, dishonesty and Trump, Bookshop revisited, Palm Oil dangers. GREENSITE…on cutting down our future. KROHN…UCSC Growth Strategy, Joe Biden’s presidency, podcast suggestions. STEINBRUNER…Supervisors changing county properties, Seabreeze Tavern ownership issues, County Fairgrounds and animal evacuations, Nevada’s big … Continue reading
February 3 – 9, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Flu shots and Covid Vaccine, Literary Guillotine, Girl Scout Cookies, movie critiques. GREENSITE…UCSC Long Range Destruction Plan. KROHN…Council meetings, zoom meetings, 831 Water Street meetings, AOC tweet of the week. STEINBRUNER…$400,000 gift to Swenson & Aptos Village, … Continue reading
January 26 – February 1, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Joe B. over Bernie or Elizabeth! Girl Scouts protesting cookies, Democratic Socialists of Santa Cruz. GREENSITE…on yet another David and Goliath development. KROHN…Journalism II, Bellafonte, Crowley and Klein. STEINBRUNER…831 Water Street development, affordable housing possible, legalizing tiny … Continue reading
January 20 – 26, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…What Covid shots?, Bookshop History details, Lord’s Last Supper revisited, Santa Cruz protest documentary, Move to Amend, movie critiques, Brattyworld. GREENSITE…on the Riverfront Development. KROHN…3 Dot journalism, Caen, Ivins, Cockburn. STEINBRUNER…Regional Transportation Commission mystery, sewage and disease, … Continue reading
January 13 – 19, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Capitol Punishment, untweeting Trump and censorship, Pence’s secret plans, Bookshop Santa Cruz & Palace Stationers, Movie Critiques. GREENSITE…on UCSC Growth. KROHN…Chris Krohn will be back next week. STEINBRUNER…Contaminated soil in Aptos Village, access (NOT) to board of … Continue reading
January 6 – 12, 2021
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Bemoaning our “educated” community, request for support. GREENSITE on Houseless camping at San Lorenzo Park. KROHN…remembering Ruth Hunter. STEINBRUNER…Cleaning up the Davenport Cement Plant, no public access for Board of Supes, saving the Robert Merriman House’s last … Continue reading
December 23, 2020 – January 5, 2021
Highlights this week: NO BRATTONONLINE NEXT WEEK…BRATTON…holiday homeless cruelty, Cynthia Mathews’ next campaign, screamers & screeners. GREENSITE…Reflections on Monarchs KROHN…Progressive victories, watch these groups, City Attorney loans. STEINBRUNER…Rural area building issues, Soquel Creek Water Board privileges, egos, and money issues. … Continue reading
December 16 – 22, 2020
Highlights this week: BRATTON…College towns voting for Biden, Quarnstrom poetry book, Scribner Statue news. GREENSITE… on how to ruin a historic icon: the Wharf and where to go from here. KROHN…District elections, conservatives & moderates, ranked choice voting, direct election … Continue reading
December 9 – 15, 2020
Highlights this week: BRATTON…Highway One and the RTC overpass plans, new book on Secret walking Santa Cruz. GREENSITE…is off this week. Will return next week with Don’t Morph the Wharf! and the next steps to save our historic icon. KROHN…Developers’ connections … Continue reading








