PACIFIC AVENUE AUGUST 23, 1967. Note the four car width of Pacific Avenue and the cars going in both directions!!! Now where the Tea Cup sat, we have Louis Rittenhouses’ Jamba Juice building on the east side and Lulu Carpenters and that sad still undeveloped lot (since the earthquake) that so many developers have been trying to make fortunes from. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE March 30, 2015

BEARCAT AND “PROTECTION” FOLLOWUP. Soon we’ll have the Bearcat rolling into town…anybody heard of an expected date? What kind of welcoming party will our City Council create? Will we see Pamela Comstock with a crown of flowers riding in the top gun turret? More importantly since the biggest excuse for our having this monster is to protect our police. Who needs the protection???

From USA Today (2014) WASHINGTON — The number of felony suspects fatally shot by police last year — 461— was the most in two decades, according to a new FBI report.

The justifiable homicide count, contained in the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report, has become increasingly scrutinized in recent months as questions continue to be raised about the use of lethal force by law enforcement. From Wikipedia we have….For 2012, the Officer Down Memorial Page records 120 deaths in the line of duty.^[4] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 127 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012.

Check out any other sources of police killings and killings by police and as they say, “you do the math”.

SAFEWAY?? NOPE, ALBERTSONS!!!!. Now that private equity giant Cerberus Capital Management bought Safeway for over $9 billion a couple of weeks ago there’ll for sure be some changes. One of our local Safeway store admin assistants told me inside rumors have it that all the Safeway house labels will disappear. They are also having a tough time figuring what to do with the Safeway “Customer Cards” and charges and converting them to Albertsons.

3 HOTELS AND OUT OF TOWN PROFITS. Aside from never publicly discussing the vast amount of water these three new chain hotels that have been dumped on us will be using, we never hear much about just how much of all their profits will go out of town to their corporate headquarters. Where and what are all the advantages our sell-out city council and Board Of Supervisors keep promising and believing in???

NO P.G.& E.POWER LINES IN APTOS, CORRALITOS AND WATSONVILLE !!! The California Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision to dismiss PG&E’s application to construct the Santa Cruz 115 Kilovolt Reinforcement Project has thousands of folks very happy. NOPOC’s (NOPOC stands for Neighbors Organized to Protect Our Community) press release said…

P.U.C. Commissioners Vote to Dismiss Controversial Santa Cruz Project
After PG&E Agrees Project is Not Needed in Next 10 Years

APTOS, Calif. – In a victory for the environment, wildlife, ratepayers, and the quality of life in Santa Cruz County, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) dismissed PG&E’s application to construct the Santa Cruz 115 Kilovolt Reinforcement Project. In a public meeting held on March 26, 2015, CPUC President Michael Picker and four commissioners voted unanimously to grant PG&E’s motion to dismiss its application for a permit to construct the controversial power line project after PG&E and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which oversees the statewide power grid, agreed that the project was not needed in the next 10 years.

The proposed project would have added a second 115,000 volt transmission line to a 7.1-mile circuit through portions of Aptos, Corralitos, and Watsonville. A new 1.7-mile transmission line would have been constructed through Day Valley. PG&E proposed to erect more than 80 steel power poles, double the height of many wooden poles, destroy hundreds of trees, build helicopter landing pads in an orchard and fields, and permanently remove all vegetation around the poles with herbicides. NOPOC has tentatively scheduled a community meeting at the Corralitos Grange Hall on April 28 at 7:00 p.m. to update community members on the status of this project and to discuss next steps.

Read the full release here…

THE ELECTRIC MAILBOX. Jason sent some photos of the newly exposed store front on Water Street where Staff of Life used to be. He asks gnarly questions such as…

1. What is the name of the motorcycle shop that featured Bultaco motorcycles?
2. What kind of things went on in The Ragged Edge Ltd.?
3. Who jabbed the screwdriver in the tree (it is really stuck and grown over) across the street, and how long ago?

***Any and all answers will be greatly appreciated.

#1 SONG THE DAY YOU WERE BORN. This site plays the #1 song when you were born And when you were conceived….find any connection??? Ted Burke of Crows Nest and Shadowbrook fame sent it in. Go for it.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Once again Gary defines LAFCO. LAFCO is the “Local Agency Formation Commission.” New local agencies, before they are “formed”, must go through a review and approval process at LAFCO. When existing local agencies want to expand their territory, or to dissolve, or to merge, LAFCO is again involved. If a local agency that provides water or sewer service wants to extend its services beyond the boundaries previously existing (and that were probably approved by LAFCO), the agency must come to LAFCO and get LAFCO approval. Although there are some special cases throughout the state, where the rule is different, generally speaking each LAFCO has a membership of seven persons: two County Supervisors, two City Council Members, two representatives of Special Districts in the county, and one public member. He says about De-sal plants, “Desal proposals are often scaled to provide water for new land development proposals”.

IMPORTANT SYMPOSIUM…Gary describes a San Lorenzo river symposium, “Here is another “heads up” advisory that actually gives you time to put something on your calendar. On Saturday, April 11^th, an all day symposium, focused on the “State of the San Lorenzo River,” is going to take place at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, located at 307 Church Street in Santa Cruz. It’s an all day affair, from 9:00 to 5:00, so bring a bag lunch!

John Laird will give the keynote speech. Mr. Laird is a former Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, a former Assembly Member representing most of Santa Cruz County and parts of Monterey County in the State Legislature, and is currently serving as the Secretary for Natural Resources of the State of California. Besides that keynote speech, the day will be filled with presentations and discussion about the San Lorenzo River watershed, with a particular emphasis on fisheries and water quality. Presenters will include consulting biologist Don Alley, Greg Pepping of the Coastal Watershed Council, Anthony Guerriero from the United States Geological Survey,Jon Jankovitz, from the California State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dr. Brian Spence from NMFS, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Dr. Jerry Smith from San Jose State University. The Symposium is being hosted by the City of Santa Cruz, the County of Santa Cruz Fish and Game Advisory Commission, and the Coastal Watershed Council. I hope you will plan to attend! Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own daily website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. DeCinzo questions blood types and mixing of species see below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. The political Eagan shares a view of Ted Cruz’s bid for the presidency scroll down…

NEW MUSIC…S’PACIFICALLY “PACIFIC PREMIERES”. New Music Works (now in its 36^th year) presents “Pacific Premieres” with powerful new compositions by Jack Body (New Zealand) – Kick in the Arse, Hyo-shin Na (Korean-American) – Dark Study + Morning Study Margaret Brouwer (U.S.A.) – Skyriding and Casey Cangelosi (U.S.A.) – Theatric no 1.

At 7pm there’ll be a Composer – Performer Panel Discussion (free of charge). This Saturday, April 4th, 8pm at Cabrillo College Samper Recital Hall. Tickets at the door or at this link.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “Join me in a Bard-binge this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com), as I discover Kate Danley’s fantasy novel Queen Mab, a clever rewrite of Romeo and Juliet the way we wish it had all turned out. And speaking of twisted tales from Shakespeare, expect some surprises at this summer’s second season of Santa Cruz Shakespeare.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. UCSC History Professor Matthew Lasar talks about the future of radio on March 31. Matthew is followed by Attorney Bill Parkin telling us about our environment and planning problems. Composer and winemaker Joseph Sekon talks about his music and about the Del Sol String Quartet appearing April 12 at 900 High Street. Joseph is followed by Carla Brennan talking about Mindfulness and meditation. On April 14 actress and playwright Kate Hawley talks about “Complications From A Fall” her newest play opening at the Jewel on April 23. Then Jeffrey Smedburg reports on the Reel Work Labor Film Festival. County Supervisor John Leopold co-hosts our KZSC #1 Pledge Drive night on April 21. Historian, author Sandy Lydon co-hosts KZSC #2 Pledge Drive night on April 28. Miriam Ellis guests on May 5 to talk about this years International Playhouse at UCSC. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. “There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend”, Jack Nicholson. “The police must obey the law while enforcing the law”, Earl Warren. “Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal,” Benjamin Spock.

UCSC STUDENT VIGIL AGAINST TUITION May 18,1967. Sure, that’s then California Governor Ronald Reagan visiting the UCSC campus. I’m betting that is Vernon Berlin who started KSCO radio holding the microphone on the left. History knows what Reagan thought of students. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE March 16, 2015

and also…… March 23, 2015

HIGHWAY 17 SIX, part 2. One thing we can agree on is that Governor Jerry Brown, the UC Regents and UC president Janet Napolitano won’t change tuition by one cent for months. Even then, it may increase.The HIGHWAY 17 SIX are receiving tremendous support for their blocking of Highway 17 protest. They have a Civil Rights attorney Dan Siegel who used to be legal advisor to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. He resigned from that office because of her use of police against the Occupy Oakland Movement. We should all agree that our California education system is terrible and ranks near the bottom of most lists. We should also agree that more than ever we need to provide our kids with better and better education….just to compete on the career/ job market. We need to agree that a $5000 top is a sufficient tuition for any California resident. Those Highway 17 Six fought hard, gave up a lot and are being incredibly brave for their cause of fighting the UC tuition increase and police violence. Back in the day (1957-65) when I was a UC Berkeley student and card carrying member of SLATE at the UC Berkeley Campus and later sat inside UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall with Joan Baez and Tom Luddy who showed his collection of silent films on the hallway walls, we heard Mario Savio say, “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” It was 1965 when Martin Luther King Jr. said, “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” I think those brave Highway 17 Six and thousands of University of California students need to think bigger.

A BIGGER STUDENT PROTEST. Now’s the time (before summer break) when every student at all 9 of the U.C. Campuses (campii?) need to plan ahead set a date and block highways and freeways from one end of the state to the other. UC San Diego could close off the Mexican Border, UCLA could close off Highway 10, UC Merced could block freeway 5, UC Davis blocks route 80, UCSC would go back to Higwhays 17 and 1, and and on it goes. There would be hell to pay and the results would be immediate. Greatest publicity in the world, and maybe, just maybe, the power structure would get the message that our students are serious about their education, and the system isn’t being fair to them.

KEITH SUGAR TRIBUTE. Chris Krohn probably knew Keith better than anyone in the public eye. Chris wrote a very touching tribute to Keith in Sunday’s Sentinel. Here’s a link in case you don’t subscribe, and missed it.

Among other reminders Chris said, “You could always count on Keith Sugar. He was a consistent voice for the environment, didn’t waver under development pressures and he always voted his conscience as a member of the Santa Cruz City Council from 1998-2002.

Keith was a principled environmentalist, someone who knew when he attended the McGeorge Law School in Sacramento that he would always be coming back home to Santa Cruz to help save it from overreaching developers, tourist industry takers, and timber harvesting excesses. He took to heart what former Coastal Commission Executive Director Peter Douglas once said: “The coast is never saved, it is always being saved.” Keith knew that being an environmentalist wasn’t a fad, something you volunteered for on weekends. He was an environmentalist every day; it was his job” .

Chris added, “I first met Keith back in 1997 when we were members of BAWG, the Beach Area Working Group, begun by peace activist Doug Rand of the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Keith could put difficult legal concepts into plain language and the group ran with it. When the City Council passed the Beach and South of Laurel (BSOL) plan against the will of the community, Keith decided to run for the council. At the time, he said the plan was a Seaside Co.-inspired overreaching development scheme that envisioned gutting 19 houses in Beach Flats, realigning Third Street, and adding more than 100,000 square feet of retail space that would impact an already overburdened neighborhood. People rose up, turned out the previous council’s agenda and elected Keith and two other new city council members (Krohn and Tim Fitzmaurice) . Together they threw out the bad parts of the plan, and Keith provided effective legal advice, first to the activist group BAWG, and later to the City Council”.

Be sure to read all of that Krohn-Sugar tribute. We’ve rarely seen anyone in public office like Keith around these parts.

ASSEMBLYMAN ALEJO NEWS. Now that Assemblyman Luis Alejo’s been re-elected to his last two year term his wife Karina Cervantez Alejo has decided she’s going to run for that seat. Then too, I didn’t know that Tony Madrigal of Modesto City Council fame is working in Alejo’s Sacramento office.

GROWTH AND WATER, A PRINCIPLE. It’s a battle cry for more than a few involved citizens…”We need to base our growth on the amount of water we have, NOT base the amount of water on the growth some of us hope for”.

SCIENTOLOGY ON HBO. “Going Clear and the Prison of Belief” is the title of a new documentary now at limited theatres somewhere. And it’ll be on HBO March 29. As we know John Travolta, Tom Cruise and Kirsten Alley are members, but I just found out that Juliette Lewis, Jason Lee, Anne Archer and Elisabeth Moss are members too. Locally the Scientology mystery continues. The Aptos Academy was devious about their Scientology connection/affiliation for years. Then too Capitola chiropractor Dr. David McCollum has never been too clear about his affiliation with Scientology. Maybe after we see the movie…he’ll tell us?? Here’s some links in case you want to see a larger view of the question…

Link number 1, Yahoo

Link number 2, CNN

LAST WEEK REPEAT…“SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS SHOCKER. RICHARD SCHEININ, one of the most valuable music critics in Northern California—as at home with jazz as classical—has been reassigned to write about real estate. The Merc announced that it plans to use free-lancers in place of Scheinin. The move is guaranteed to lose subscribers”.. I put all of that in quotes because I don’t remember where online I found it. I sure agree with it. Last week Scott MacClelland reminded me it was from his weekly website. He says that “if you look again you’ll see an expanded profile of Rich Scheinen under Performing Arts People. To visit www.performingartsmontereybay.com

MARGHE McMAHON SERVICES. Marghe McMahon is an official local legend. She’s the once UCSC student who sculpted the bronze statue of musical Saw player Tom Scribner that sits in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz on Pacific Avenue. She died and her husband Luc mailed to tell us “Marghe was an Artist, a Scientist, an Educator, a Dancer, a Champion Horse Rider and a loving Mother and Wife. She was the definition of a renaissance woman”. We would like to invite you to a celebration of Marghe’s life with us on Saturday March 28th in Santa Cruz. The gathering will start at 1 PM at the Santa Cruz Oakwood Memorial cemetery in front of the Dominican Hospital and close to Soquel Avenue, where Marghe’s ashes will be put to rest (close to the white columns entry). After the ceremony, a celebration of Marghe’s life will be held at Chaminade resort just up the hill from the Oakwood Memorial Park.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Last week (March 16) Gary talked about the North Coast proposed National Monument he says, “Establishing a National Monument would not add much by way of “protecting” the resources located on the Coast Dairies land. Those resources are already pretty well protected. Without doubt, however, establishing a National Monument would put our North Coast “on the map,” and thus promote the area on a nationwide basis. The local impacts of such a designation could be significant, which is one good reason that those promoting the Monument campaign might well consider a meeting or two on the North Coast itself, to get those most affected involved in the process”.

This week (March 23) he talks about the Board Of Supervisors agenda for 3/24 which includes,

1.A report on the UCSC Comprehensive Settlement Agreement, about University growth.

2. Setting a hearing on April 21^st for the Davenport Cement Plant Reuse Strategic Plan.

3.Receiving a report about a Broadband Master Plan, to extend fiber optic cable in the county.

4. Set May 19^th as the date for a report on regulations for weddings and special events.

5.Scheduling an Earth Day 2015 event in San Lorenzo Park on Saturday, April 18^th.

6.Repealing an ordinance that allows the commercial cultivation of medical cannabis.

7.Consider a Homeless Strategic Plan.

Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s \. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. Some of those noisy bike riders have learned, but check out DeCinzo’s view of their problem. See below.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Tim Eagan delivers a crushing blow to some elephants (you know which ones)see downwards.

SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCERT # 5. This concert is titled Classical And “All That Jazz” it features music by Beethoven, Erwin Schulhoff, Schumann, Scriabin, Piazzolla, Marin Marais, and Nikolai Kapustin. Players will be Ivan Rosenblum, artistic director and piano, Kathleen Purcell, flute and Kristin Garbeff, cello. It’ll be at the Christ Lutheran Church up the hill behind the CHP Offices on Soquel just off Freedom Blvd. Saturday, Mar.28, 8 pm. and Sunday, Mar. 29, 3 pm. Tickets at the door, probably.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa wrote last week: “This week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com), Christopher Moore takes another whack at Shakespeare with his subversively funny new novel, The Serpent of Venice (the sequel to Fool) and Kenneth Branagh creates a luscious package for the same old story in Cinderella.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE RADIO PROGRAM

KZSC 88.1 FM or live online at

www.KZSC.ORG TUESDAYS 7-8 P.M.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. Former County supervisor and land use attorney Gary Patton talks about water and area issues on March 24. Then Valerie Corral discusses marijuana and altering consciousness methods. UCSC History Professor Matthew Lasar talks about the future of radio on March 31. Mathew is followed by Attorney Bill Parkin telling us about our environment and planning problems. Composer and winemaker Joseph Sekon talks about his music and about the Del Sol String Quartet appearing April 12 at 900 High Street. Joseph is followed by Carla Brennan talking about Mindfulness and meditation. On April 14 actress and playwright Kate Hawley talks about “Complications From A Fall” her newest play opening at the Jewel on April 23. Then Jeffrey Smedburg reports on the Reel Work Labor Film Festival. County Supervisor John Leopold co-hosts our KZSC #1 Pledge Drive night on April 21. Historian, author Sandy Lydon co-hosts KZSC #2 Pledge Drive night on April 28. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. QUOTES. “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” Abraham Lincoln. “In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards”, Mark Twain “Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men”, W. E. B. Du Bois

CALIFORNIA STATE MILITIA FROM CAMP STONEMAN. Here they are marching west in the early morning along Soquel Avenue in the 1890’s . That would be Shopper’s Corner in the lower right, and Branciforte going up to the left. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE March 9, 2015

3 CHEERS FOR THE HIGHWAY BLOCKADE. Last Tuesday’s (March 3) blocking of Highways 1 & 17 was a great example of the people responding to an unjust part of our community. That intersection has been blocked before by protestors, it’s even been blocked by trees and mudslides…it’s part nature. Highways get blocked all the time, and we live with it. Martin Luther King blocked the Pettus Bridge in Selma three times, and that worked and we respect that blocking. Where else in our County could the students have protested and received the much needed publicity for their deserved free or at least freeer education? As Martin Luther King said, “. “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law”, Martin Luther King Jr.

UCSC AND MOVE TO BORLAND. Many reactions to that news, here’s one…’Does UCSC indeed pay much in taxes to the city for off campus property they own or lease? Educational institutions usually get major tax breaks which turn into real town vs. gown issues in cities like Evanston, Il and Cambridge, MA. If Santa Cruz will really lose tax revenue to Scotts Valley (and shouldn’t there be an apostrophe somewhere there!) with the move to the Borland property, then that’s not so good. On the other hand, if it opens up commercial and office space for tax paying businesses, then good riddance. I had understood this was a major issue with the University taking over the old hotel (was it the Holiday Inn?) a few years ago…the city would and did lose a lot of tax revenue, and I don’t think the issue was just transient occupancy tax or whatever they call the tourist tax. And if the University needs office space, why don’t they just build it? It’s not like they’re land poor…and they can pretty much do as they please without worrying about much planning department and building department and Coastal Commission oversight. UC could pay admin a bit less, too. I’m never going to forget nor forgive the $35,000.00 dog kennel kerfuffle, the chancellor’s girlfriend’s moving expenses, nor the apparent damage to floors and carpets from the only dogs allowed on campus. But it was all politically correct as I recall from a few years back, Rick Turner”. Rick doesn’t mention the remote possibility of the regents putting a cap on the number of employees getting $500, 000 per year salaries. He didn’t mention the even more impossible idea of the University being able to build more student housing which would of course change all our lives locally.

BOARDWALK AND THEIR WATER USAGE??? Back in the day (and another bad drought year) some of us questioned the Boardwalk about their water usage. Have you seen any mention in the last few years about how much water they use? The Logger’s Revenge doesn’t run on hot air, or does it??? Our City Council should be on top of this one!!!

GMO’S AND GEO’S, NOT THE SAME!!! UCSC Professor Lincoln Taiz was finally able to teach me that WE are Genetically Modified Organisms and so is almost every growing thing. What the worriers are really worried about are Genetically Engineered Organisms. Those are the seeds and things that the labs engineer for various reasons. It’s probably too late to modify the world and their labels, but think about it anyways.

AND MAH’S NINA SAYS…an hour after I printed that “rumor” last week about MAH’s food court negotiations getting in trouble (scroll down to last week’s column) she replied…”Bruce, Details are hard to come by” because your rumors are baseless. The MAH board unanimously voted two weeks ago to formalize our Abbott Square development partnership with John McEnery IV. He and I have signed an LOI and are moving forward with the MAH board, City, and County partners. We are diving into the work to ensure that Abbott Square will be a vibrant community plaza featuring delicious food, dynamic performances, and family-friendly experiences. No slow down in sight. Nina”. I guess she really means those problems were solved two weeks ago…and that’s the trouble with rumors. This week’s mail from a very active resident and former MAH “participant” says, “As for MAH. They have already dummied down the museum and especially the Holiday Benefit Party so that they hardly have any attendance anymore. Nobody wants to pay over $100 per ticket to hear DJ music pumped through the museum all evening. A sorry excuse for an auction and benefit. I think they should scrap the entire Board of Directors and staff and start over with true locals that understand the Santa Cruz personality and agenda”.

“SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS SHOCKER. RICHARD SCHEININ, one of the most valuable music critics in Northern California—as at home with jazz as classical—has been reassigned to write about real estate. The Merc announced that it plans to use free-lancers in place of Scheinin. The move is guaranteed to lose subscribers”.. I put all of that in quotes because I don’t remember where online I found it. I sure agree with it

HISTORICAL PHOTO CORRECTION. Last week I captioned ,” OUR SANTA CRUZ RAILROAD WHARF AND MUNICIPAL WHARF in 1913. The railroad wharf (on the right) was gone by 1922. The Santa Cruz Canning Company was located at the far end. I was off by one year (I used data from the back of Ravnos/ Vester Dick photo and the O’Hare/Berry Images book) Stan Stevens, Gordon van Zuiden, and Frank Perry all sent word from Geoffrey Dunn that said,” The photo was taken late in 1914 (judging by the location of the pile driver), not 1913, likely on the same day that the photo of all my family members was taken on the beach, also by Ravnos; and the building at the end of the Railroad Wharf at that time was a warehouse used for the steamships that still docked at the end of the Railroad Wharf. The cannery wasn’t even contemplated on the Railroad Wharf until 1917 and didn’t commence operation until the summer of 1918 and was soon moved to Washington Street (Stan), to the site of the old Hihn planning mill. My mother recalled the stench emanating from the latter and said that she refused to attend Laurel School because of it (confirmed by the clip of 1921). Nothing like olfactory memory, alas”. Please continue sending any/all corrections…I’m happy to print them.

PATTON’S PROGRAM.Gary talks about…Oil shipping on the railroads and how San Luis Obisbo and the Pajaro River and Monterey County will be affcted. He mentions County money for TV ads telling us how to save water.Then there are Housing Meetings, “The purpose of the meetings being hosted by the Housing Advisory Commission is to discuss programs and policies that could address issues that affect the price, type, location, and availability of housing to serve the needs of County residents and workers. A meeting took place on March 4^th, and two more meetings are coming up soon”. He remembers and gives us a history lesson… “Back in the day (and I am talking about forty-five years ago back in the day), I first got involved with land use issues through a group called the Save Lighthouse Point Association. That group definitely operated on the basis of “grassroots community action,” and that grassroots action changed the history of Santa Cruz. Because people cared enough to spend their time working to save Lighthouse Field, a City-County plan to develop Lighthouse Field was changed. Instead of using the Field for a convention center, a high-rise hotel, a shopping center, and an upscale condominium development, all to be accompanied by seven acres of blacktop parking, the City ultimately chose to protect the Field as open space along the coast”. Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. An historic DeCinzo shows us inside the old Sentinel office…scroll below a few pages.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Uncle Sam goes bar hopping…see downwards.

SHAKESPEARE AND HIS MUSIC.There’s a lot of Shakespere stuff happening this Saturday on the UCSC campus. First is the conference from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm at the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) Dark Lab, Room 108 and it’s Free!. “Shakespeare is famous for his speeches, but the London theaters where his plays took place were also filled with music. “Shakespeare and Music” is a symposium exploring the popular music of Renaissance England, the practice of vocal and instrumental music in Shakespeare’s plays, and Shakespeare’s meditation on music as a metaphor for his art and its effects. Featuring a keynote address by Ross Duffin, The Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music at Case Western University and author of Shakespeare’s Songbook (W.W. Norton 2004). The panelists are Ross Duffin: “Reconstructing Shakespeare’s Songbook” ,Samuel Arkin: “Shakespeare’s Music and Shylock’s Ears”, and Ariane Helou: “Shakespeare’s Singers”. After the conference there is …

TREASURES FROM THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE. The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents their third concert this season featuring The Baltimore Consort. This is the Consort’s 34 th season. “The Baltimore Consort has delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and earned their CDs a place on the Billboard Magazine Top-Ten list. The Baltimore Consort’s arrangements of early music from England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Spain speak to the heart as well as the mind, and their love for the early music of English/Scottish heritage has led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional balladry and dance tunes preserved in the Appalachian mountains and Nova Scotia. They’ll be playing heavenly harmony and earthly delights from the time of the bard. Revel in the triumphal return of America’s favorite early music ensemble, playing their ‘exquisite consort’ of Renaissance instruments — lute, cittern, viols, and flute. Concertgoers will also enjoy the grand prize winning group from our Youth Chamber Music Competition. It’s at the UCSC Music Recital Hall, this Saturday, March 14 • 7:30pm. Tickets: scbaroque.org/tickets).

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. “Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin returns March 10 telling us about campaigns, voting, and the election department. She’s followed by UCSC’s Ariane Helou discussing the Shakespeare lectures happening on campus and the next Baroque Festival concert. City On The Hill co-editors Gabby Areas and Lauren Romero talk about their paper on March 17. Then Julie Callahan discusses the bvegan way of life. UCSC History Professor Matthew Lasar talks about the future of radio on March 31. Composer and winemaker Joseph Sekon talks about music and about the Del Sol String Quartet appearing April 12 at 900 High Street. On April 14 actress and playwright Kate Hawley talks about “Complications From A Fall” her newest play opening at the Jewel on April 23. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years, here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES ABOUT PROTEST. “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves,” Henry David Thoreau. “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King Jr. “Protest is when I say I don’t like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.” Ulrike Marie Meinhof

OUR SANTA CRUZ RAILROAD WHARF AND MUNICIPAL WHARF in 1913. The railroad wharf (on the right) was gone by 1922. The Santa Cruz Canning Company was located at the far end. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE March 2, 2015

THE B.E.A.R.C.A.T. & TERRORIST HOT SPOTS IN SANTA CRUZ. Good old dependable Congressman Sam Farr said in his letter of support for Santa Cruz having a BEARCAT attack vehicle that we must protect vulnerable critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks at four hot spots in our midst!! They are (in his order) The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, The Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Lockheed Martin and the UCSC Campus! Can’t you just see A BEARCAT thundering in on 420 day at UCSC? Or making peace as those short kids try to sneak under the height limit at the Boardwalk??? John Malkin adds…”Note that the BearCat will likely be on the City Council agenda again on March 24. The discussion will be about “use” of the BearCat. There seems to be some intention for Councilmember Posner to
raise, during the discussion, the possibility of not using the BearCat at all,and making a motion to rescind the decision to purchase it. Please encourage folks to write to City Council and especially to come to the City Council meetings on March 10 and especially March 24.

CHAPARREL NATIONAL MONUMENT” ??? As usual the current issue of the Rural Bonny Doon Association’s “The Highlander” has some vital and hot issues. You need to read all of it here There is the growing concern about the all too obvious “Pot Farms” on private property, there’s the pressure to create and allow Event Centers, and how much hope they are placing on Ryan Coonerty their new County Supervisor. The most interesting and biggest issue facing our North Coast is the possible and probable “REDWOOD National Monument” development. It’s called, “Coast Dairies: National Monument or a Monumental Mistake?” The Highlander article says, ” We also think the new name Sempervirens has single-handedly chosen for Coast Dairies, Santa Cruz Redwoods, is misleading. It seems solely designed to boost its attraction and support for the monument effort. Coast Dairies is largely coastal chaparral, and its upland redwood stands make up no more than 10% of its area. It is not Old Growth, and as statuesque as the groves are, few compare to those on Wilder/Gray Whale Ranch, and certainly not to those in Big Basin. Visitors expecting that kind of experience will be sorely disappointed”.Do read all of the current issue of The Highlander, and just wish your neighbors cared as much about your neighborhood as they do.

MAH’S DEVELOPMENT SLOWED??? Rumors on the street have it that MAH’s Nina Simon’s plans on revamping Abbott Square have hit some snares. The four to six planned incubator spaces for chef’s and food type businesses that are planned to happen along the Front Street side of the Suqare were being negotiated with John McEnery developer from San Jose.

Not only have those negotiations fallen apart, but according to that rumor factory Nina Simon was taken off the negotiating team. Details are hard to come by, and we’ll hear more about this I’m sure. First we lost the Art and History focus in the museum then we lost Annieglass then Vinocruz was forced out…this isn’t looning good for the Mostly Attendence & Happy (MAH) development. We need a show of hands on how many think hanging the red exercise balls in Abbott Square will help???

MIKE TERMINI RETURNS LIBRARY MONEY. This came in an email last week. Sure it was signed, but anonymity was requested…

“Capitola City Councilmember Mike Termini’s company, Triad Electric Inc., reimbursed the Santa Cruz City-County Library for $28,600 after it was pointed out that California Government Code section 1090 prohibits an agency from making a contract in which a board member has a financial interest. He was endorsed in his recent election campaign by fellow library board members Zach Friend, Cynthia Mathews, Jim Reed, and David Terrazas. The library board unanimously elected Termini as its chair at its meeting last month.”

J.M. BROWN’S DEMAND. Many great responses to J.M. Brown’s DEMAND that I tell you he resigned and wasn’t canned from The Sentinel. They all said the same thing…”now Brown knows what it’s like for the rest of us to be misquoted, deleted or edited in print”. Scroll down to last week’s column to see his demand and my correction.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES…SOME MORE!!! Stephen deCinzo and some other well meaning friends wondered why my annual (42 years now) attack on Girl Scouts selling their Cookies hadn’t appeared yet. Back in Janurary 2001 I wrote this for the Metro Weekly….

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. The bottom line is, we’ve got to boycott Girl Scout cookies. In past years, I’ve gone into numerous details of the many reasons why we need to stop supporting this miserable way they raise funds. Today, I’ll outline just some the major problems with their dependence on cookies. It is not only dangerous but also a degrading concept to teach young women/girls to go door-to-door selling anything, especially junk food. If they have to go door-to-door selling something, why not a product that would do some good for the environment, like soaps, herbs or flower seeds? Why not a product that they could make themselves (see above) and stop paying all that money to one of the two giant bakeries that make millions from all this free labor. Girl Scouts say they don’t encourage competition, but they award prizes to the bestsellers. In 1998, the Girl Scouts spent $100,000 (or the equivalent of 33,000 boxes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle) to a New York image consultant firm to “find out why they are best known for selling cookies.” The image firm was quoted as saying the Girl Scouts are “considered a fuddy-duddy, white-shoes-only organization that has fallen off the radar screen.” I’ve got files detailing the huge problems with cookie money being stolen by the girls and even by desperate moms who were then thrown in jail. My files also show the huge competition between the major cookie companies and the lengths they go to in order to land this lucrative cookie contract. Of the $3 per box, each local scout troop keeps only about 40 cents, according to the Chronicle. The Girl Scouts seem to be a fine organization and need a better image than what the cookies have done for them. By not buying cookies we’re helping the Girl Scouts grow up”. That was 2001, not much has changed. Just give them money and tell them to keep the cookies..that may send a message. But I doubt it.

EDUARDO CARRILLO FILM AND MURAL Betsy Anderson sends…”It is with excitement that I share that Eduardo’s film will be shown and our film maker, Pedro Pablo Celedon will be here at the Watsonville Film Festival. Our film screens on Friday, March 6 6pm. It is titled “Eduardo Carrillo: A Life of Engagement”. It traces his early years at UCLA and one of the earliest Chicano murals painted in an institution of higher ed- UCLA. We also traveled to Baja to his mother’s home town where he maintained a rustic dwelling and was deeply involved with the people of the town. His relatives still live there. The mural that was destroyed is an important part of the film. You can also see it ahead of time by the YouTube link to ECLE: http://youtu.be/HEGa1LJUE0o. More than that, a lot of people are working to digitally restore the 3D mural Eduardo painted in the passageway between the Santa Cruz Coffee Company and El Palomar restaurant and Front Street. IF you have any photos/ snapshots videos of that mural it would really helpful in that restoration. Let me know or contact Betsy at spark@cruzio.com.Here’s a link to the Watsonville Film Festival… http://watsonvillefilmfestival.org

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary talks some more about the development of Fort Ord. Then hewarns us about the Santa Cruz city Council deciding on tiered water rates. He says,” that means charging more per unit of water as the amount of water used goes up. Obviously, this approach to water pricing builds in a bias in favor of conservation. Interestingly, the whole concept of tiered water rates is under attack in San Juan Capistrano, where a court said it was illegal to use this system. That case is on appeal”. He talks about LAFCO and eliminating the Lompoico County Water District. He talks about The Santa Cruz Plaining Commission and their dealing with ADU’s. He states, “The acronym “ADU” stands for “Accessory Dwelling Unit.” In the City of Santa Cruz, land use and zoning regulations allow homeowners in a single-family residential district to construct a whole new residential unit on their existing city, subject to the City’s ADU regulations. The purpose of the ADU regulations is to promote small and more affordable housing opportunities in a city in which housing costs have continued to escalate”.

Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmental issues. The opinions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. Not exactly ADU’s or are they? Scroll downwards and check out DeCinzo’s concept.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. How Secure is our Homeland with these guys in places of power?? See below.

GINGHOFFER & HUNNICUTT SHOW. The Blitzer Gallery opens a show this Friday (3/6 through 3/28) with old friends of mine, painter Ray Ginghoffer and sculptor Fred Hunnicutt. Both are excellent artists and are almost local monuments. Masters Series III- Ray Ginghofer and Fred Hunnicutt. Opening Reception First Friday March 6, 2015, 5-9 pm Raymon Ginghofer Studied art at San Jose State, U C Santa Cruz and San Francisco Art Institute. Has exhibited in San Francisco, London, San Jose and Santa Cruz. Fred Hunnicutt studied sculpture at University of Texas and San Francisco Art Institute. Taught at university for 28 years, Professor Emeritus, U C Santa Cruz (25 years). Visiting artist in universities and art colleges in England and U.S. The Blitzer Gallery is located on Santa Cruz’s west side in the old Wrigley Gum factory.

HARPER REGAN IS A FINE PLAY. If by any luck or good taste you saw the National Theatre Live’s telecast of Simon Stephens “The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night” or any of his other plays, you know you’re in for a thrill when you see The Jewel Theatre’s production of Harper Regan. Stephens is 44 years old and is regarded as one of the world’s top “in yer face” playwrights.The tricky, crazed, plot gets deeper and further out as it develops and the Jewel Theatre production brings out all that puzzlement and search for reality. Their Brit accents make parts of it hard to understand, but go see it. Now through March 22.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “There’s hope for the future this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com), as I gloat over, oops, I mean discuss a new report that even today’s young “millennials” prefer to read for pleasure on old-fashioned books rather than digitally. Also, a constant reader shares a couple of links that will interest fans of two of my favorite recent movies.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

THE GLOBE THEATRE’S LOVE’S LABOR LOST Watch this live telecast (or maybe it’s a film??) of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor Lost. You won’t see better Shakespeare anywhere (unless it’s the National Theatre Live telecasts). Here’s a link to details. http://www.thenick.com/index.html#nowplaying_LoveLabourLost It’s at The Del Mar Thursday March 5 at 7:30 p.m. and once again on Sunday am. At 11.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE RADIO PROGRAM

KZSC 88.1 FM or live online at

www.KZSC.ORG TUESDAYS 7-8 P.M.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. March 3 has Julie James and Bill Peters from the Jewel Theatre talking about their new production, “Harper Regan”. after that Hedwig Heerschop and Kim Tyler talk about The Pajaro Valley Arts Council exhibit, “Photo Alchemy”. “Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin returns March 10 telling us about campaigns, voting, and the election department. She’s followed by UCSC’s Ariane Helou discussing the Shakespeare lectures happening on campus and the next Baroque Festival concert. City On The Hill co-editors Gabby Areas and Lauren Romero talk about their paper on March 17. UCSC History Professor Matthew Lasar talks about the future of radio on March 31. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. . “To you, I’m an atheist. To God, I’m the loyal opposition,” Woody Allen “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence,” Christopher Hitchens. “Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?” Friedrich Nietzsche

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1920. Here’s the corner of Cedar and Locust Streets. It was the Hotel Santa Cruz back then. Now it’s the Planet Fresh Burrito place. The two story building on the closest corner used to be where Gary Patton’s dad had his law offices. It’s now that Chinese restaurant with a patio . photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE February 23, 2015

UCSC & BORLAND PROPERTY or “Sucking up to Silicon Valley”. UCSC is considering buying the former Borland Property that was opened in 1993 that cost $120 million to build.

The Sentinel’s Jondi Gumz wrote a zinger of a piece (no date!!) about the property that Santa’s Village website re-printed, check it out.

UCSC wants to use it for combining University Relations, Information Technology Services and Business plus Administratvie Services. UCSC claims they’ve outgrown all campus office space, and that they’ve been leasing buildings on Delaware Ave on our Westside. Borland had 1200 employees working up there when it opened. It’ll mean a huge change in vehicle transportation figures. UCSC is going to start “working with the unions that represent involved employees” soon. Does it make you wonder why the old Wrigley Plant didn’t work for UCSC business expansion??? Then we wonder about the impact on rental benefits and the taxes that will be lost to the City of Santa Cruz when they leave for Scotts Valley!!! BUT we can rest assured that our City Council will get to the bottom of this. Somebody should ask if any searching for office space was done in South County…just asking!!!!

TOXIC CRUMB RUBBER & DEPOT PARK OR HARBOR HIGH??? Sunday’s SF Chronicle (02/22/15) had a front page article on the dangers of recycled tires on artificial turf fields and playgrounds. They pose a health risk to people.These surfaces contain rubber from scrap tires. Environmental groups and health advocates say the EPA didn’t study the health effects thoroughly. What about our Depot Park…why was that closed for such a long time….did they ever replace that “crumb rubber” base??? Then too how about Harbor High and that ball park, there was some problem with that “crumb rubber” too. Was all that hassle ever resolved??? Don’t you wish we had more real news reporting around here?

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary talks about the County’s Affordable Housing problem and states, “One of the issues under discussion is whether the developers of five or more units should be required actually to construct affordable units as part of their development, or whether the developers will simply be able to pay a fee, and make County government responsible for turning money into real affordable housing”. Later he says, regarding the development of Fort Ord, “I think that planning that is based on community participation and community goal setting (even over the Internet) is a lot better than the kind of planning that occurs only when landowners and developers have a particular project in mind. It is true, however, that the current planning effort is based on the thought that “urban” development is going to be at the center of future land uses on the former Fort Ord. That might not, in fact, be the “best use” of these lands, particularly since so much of the former Fort Ord is in public ownership. If you care, get involved! He closes with a pithy statement on the proposed Davenport National Monument…” Not everyone is enthusiastic about designating the Santa Cruz County North Coast as a National Monument. No money comes with the designation. Just lots of visitors! 400,000 annual visitors is a figure being suggested as a realistic estimate. Where do they park? How do they get there, and would such a designation actually turn land already protected into what amounts to a nationally advertised resort destination? Will Davenport turn into a hotel/resort gateway? Could the natural resource values of the North Coast actually be compromised, not protected, by the Monument designation? These are all worthy questions. Robust public discussion and participation is advised! Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse. Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s \. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. Back when CSUMB moved to Fort Ord!!! see below

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan hints at Job Fair secrets…scroll downwards.

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HARPER REGAN AND JEWEL THEATRE. Jewel Theatre presents the play by Simon Stephens Harper Ragan from Feb. 26- March 22. Bill Peters is directing. The plot runs something like this…. One Autumn evening, after learning her father is near death, Harper walks away from her home, her family and her job, tossing fate and obligations into the air and embarking on a life journey that becomes an exploration of loyalty, morality and the bonds of family. Harper Regan is part of a body of work that has helped Stephens emerge as one of the most renowned and prolific playwrights of his generation in the UK. It’s at 1001 Center Street (where India Joze used to be, if you’re a long time Santa Cruzan). Buy tickets online here.

SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER PLAYERS. The players present The Last Tempo in Paris, a concert of French musical impressionism, focusing on suggestions, atmosphere, and colors, rather than strong emotions, like a painting by Claude Monet. This program features the late masterpieces of two great French impressionist composers: the Violin and Cello Sonatas by Claude Debussy and Les Chansons Madécasses by Maurice Ravel. And the music of Hector Berlioz, Philippe Gaubert and Cécile Chaminade. Aude Castagna, is the artistic director and plays cello. There’s Shannon Delaney, violin Lars Johannesson, flute, Sheila Willey, soprano, Susan Bruckner, and Michael McGushin, piano. It happens Saturday, February 28, 8 pm and Sunday, March 1, at 3 pm. in the Christ Lutheran Church,
10707 Soquel Drive, Aptos (Off Highway 1 at Freedom Blvd.)

LISA JENSEN LINKS Lisa writes: “This week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com), if you love seals, Celtic mythology, and/or exquisite, hand-drawn animation, don’t miss Song of the Sea (and DO see it on a big screen)! Also, the Oscars have been handed out, and 6 out of my top 8 Oscar predictions were right on. Unfortunately, the two I missed were Best Picture and Best Director. I know by now to follow the trail of the pre-Oscar craft guild awards, but this year I was really pulling for my favorite (Boyhood), so I ignored my own advice. Next year I’ll be back on my game! AND the season isn’t complete without the return of the (dreaded) Oscar Barbies!” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. Jonathan Marx discusses ADHD in Adults on Feb. 24 and John Malkin follows him bringing us up to date on the B.E.A.R.C.A.T. issue. March 3 has Julie James and Bill Peters from the Jewel Theatre talking about their new production, “Harper Regan”. after that Hedwig Heerschop and Kim Tyler talk about The Pajaro Valley Arts Council exhibit, “Photo Alchemy”. “Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin returns March 10 telling us about campaigns, voting, and the election department. She’s followed by UCSC’s Ariane Helou discussing the Shakespeare lectures happening on campus and the next Baroque Festival concert. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. “March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.”L.M. Montgomery. “Joy is not in things; it is in us,“Richard Wagner. “By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again. Not that year. Winter hung in there, like an invalid refusing to die. Day after grey day the ice stayed hard; the world remained unfriendly and cold, “Neil Gaiman.

DAVENPORT 1907. This is the huge construction by the Ocean Shore Railroad of the trestle just below Davenport. It was intended to go to Scott Creek up along Swanton Road. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE February 16, 2015

PSYCHEDELICS, THE NEW YORKER and SANTA CRUZ. Whatever else you do be sure to read Michael Pollan’s “The Trip Treatment” article in the latest (Feb. 9) issue of The New Yorker. Michael Pollan usually writes about food. His books like Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and The Botany of Desire are all best sellers. He teaches at U.C. Berkeley. The New Yorker piece tells about how new research and testing are finding still more beneficial uses and directions for using psychedelics. That’s of course LSD, psilocybin, mushrooms, thorazine and the like. What’s equally interesting is that he talks about Rick Doblin, the Director of The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies or M.A.P.S. The New Yorker article doesn’t mention that M.A.P.S. and Rick Doblin are located right here in Santa Cruz with an office on Mission Street. They have been doing research on positive uses for psychedelics for years. Pollan reports that Doblin sees a bright future for this research and hopes that the less than positive reaction that happened regarding the testing of psychedelics won’t happen again. It’s a fine article, read it quickly.

SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL UP FOR SALE. Actually from what I can ascertain, it’s either the Digital First Media Company or the Bay Area News Group that’s for sale., and The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a tiny, tiny part of that sale. And now we know why the Sentinel has been making all those tightening changes…they’re trying to make it look like a better buy for some corporate mega machine to buy it. From all I can gather it’s part of a $125 million package of 77 newspapers.. If you look at the Bay Area News Group online you’ll see…

“About Bay Area News Group”

As a Digital First Media Company, Bay Area News Group offers the most powerful media buy in America’s 6th largest market. We provide online, print, and mobile advertising solutions to businesses on a local, regional, and national level. Our leading publications include The San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Oakland Tribune, (if you scroll down far enough you’ll see The Sentinel and lots more little dailies) and our websites draw over 12 million unique consumers a month. Our papers carry a history of providing quality news and information to the, culturally and economically important, Bay Area region”. Sadly, reporter J.M. Brown has been canned and as he said in an email, he’s a pay grade or two below the group who know what’s happening. Wallace Baine FB’d that Christa Martin and Kirby Scudder are also gone As we have come to expect, there has been nothing reported in The Sentinel…so far. As many have stated, as bad as the Sentinel has become, wait until we have no daily paper at all. A sad commentary on our community.

CORRECTION, DELETION AND APOLOGY DEPARTMENT:

Within minutes of this edition hitting the internet J.M.Brown emailed and said, ” I don’t know where you got your information that I was “canned” but I demand you remove that from your website immediately and issue a correction because it couldn’t be further from the truth. I left the Sentinel on my own accord”. I told him about 4-6 people told me he was canned, and I apologized to J.M. Then Scott MacClelland emailed minutes later to ask why I didn’t include The Monterey Peninsula Herald…the answer…I FORGOT!!

THE BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

B.E.A.R.C.A.T. INFORMATION. Some folks have the wrong idea about these $250,000 citizen removers….they are NOT Army surplus. Each of these machines are separately built to order by THE LENCO ARMORED VEHICLE COMPANY in Massachusetts. The “surplus” idea may be from the surplus money that Homeland Security has to spend to militarize police forces in the USA. Look up BEARCAT on Wikipedia and you’ll see that over 500 are in use in the USA right now. Stockton has one, so does Seaside and San Francisco. Tell anybody you know who knows anyone on our City Council to be courageous and stop the unecessary purchase and expense of this community harming concept.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary talks about “plenary” and defines it for us. He talks about new food peddling laws in Monterey. He goes on to tell how strawberries need a lot of water and how groundwater management in Pajaro Valley is all important. Gary closes his week of broadcasts by saying…”Our local economy is significantly tied to agriculture. When I was a public official, it was my belief that the larger community wanted their local government agencies to establish effective land use controls, to help make sure that agriculture remained at the center of our local economy. To achieve that long-term, community objective, it is sometimes necessary to turn down individual applications that might lead to a greater immediate economic gain for an individual agricultural landowner, but that would undermine our agricultural economy in the long run. Turning a farm field into a new subdivision, for instance, is a perfect example”.

Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s \. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. The Santa Cruz Sentinel…a steal at any price??? See downwards afew pages.

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Eagan slices and dices the Greece situation…see below.

MY 10 BEST 2014 FILMS. Lisa Jensen and I decided to end the Meet The Critics event at the Nick after all these 12 or more years. Morton Marcus started it all way back in 2003, and it was great fun. My personal choice for best films of 2014 are The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman, Venus In Fur, Two Days, One Night, Still Alice, Gone Girl, Ida, The Imitation Game, and Citizenfour., I didn’t like Boyhood or anybody in it at all.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “This week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com), behold the unquenchable urge to make art on a virtual tour of the cut-out paper work of Henri Matisse, done late in life, when he was too infirm to paint. Also, see if my Oscar predictions will fly in a year that’s way too close to call.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. On Feb. 17 Good Times film reviewer Lisa Jensen and I talk about the Oscars. Then cardiologist Dr. Neil Sawhney discusses current news and recent methods of maintaining heart health. Jonathan Marx discusses ADHD in Adults on Feb. 24 and John Malkin follows him bringing us up to date on the B.E.A.R.C.A.T. issue. March 3 has Julie James and Bill Peters from the Jewel Theatre talking about their new production, “Harper Regan”. after that Hedwig Heerschop and Kim Tyler talk about The Pajaro Valley Arts Council exhibit, “Photo Alchemy”. “Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin returns March 10 telling us about campaigns, voting, and the election department. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher”, Ambrose Bierce. “If you want to make a man angry, tell him you are going to pray for him”, Edgar W.Howe. “How could God do this to me after all I’ve done for him?“, Louis XIV…

KING AND MISSION STREETS JUNE 7, 1957. This is the grand opening of the Flying A Gas station. Complete with clown. Now it’s Five Gables Dentistry where Dr.David Klim has his offices. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE FEBRUARY 9, 2015

SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL UP FOR SALE. Now we know why the Sentinel has been making all those tightening changes…they’re trying to make it look like a better buy for some corporate mega machine to buy it. From all I can gather it’s part of a $125 million package of 77 newspapers. Reporter J.M. Brown has been canned and as he said in an email, he’s a pay grade or two below the group who know what’s happening. As we have come to expect, there has been nothing reported in the Sentinel…so far. As many have stated, as bad as the Sentinel has become wait until we have no daily paper at all. A sad commentary on our community.

B.E.A.R.C.A.T. UPDATE & SAN LEANDRO TOO. The headline in KQED News for Jan. 9 states, “San Leandro Police Face Opposition in Push for New Armored Vehicle”. The San Jose Mercury headline (1/08) says, “San Leandro armored vehicle forum draws crowd”. And yet we’ve seen nothing in the Sentinel about the San Leandro battle to stop the BEARCAT in their city. CBS (KPIX TV 5) San Francisco reported on 2/05/15 “SAN LEANDRO– Amid an ongoing debate over the militarization of local police departments, the San Leandro City Council said they would move forward with plans to purchase an armored rescue vehicle. In a 6-1 vote, the council approved the purchase of the Bearcat Medevac. The vehicle will be paid mostly thorough a $200,000 Homeland Security grant” It’s amazing and as well as shocking to see how our government both nationally by selling these tanks, and locally by buying them, are becoming so militarized, and they are getting approval by our elected officials.

(I REPEAT) THE BEARCAT ATTACK VEHICLE BY ANY OTHER NAME. Now that we know BEARCAT stands forBallistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck and now we all know how it’s really going to be used…let’s vote and change the name to “G.A.R.B.A.G.E” that would be Government Approved Reactionary Barricade Against Groups of Environmentalists.

FRED KEELEY’S OPEN SPACE DISTRICT. It would take too long to explain, but when I see Fred Keeley’s name on almost anything….I get worried about some hidden deal. I asked a number of informed friends about Keeley’s Plot and plans for this “district” thing. Replies came in, “I think there has mainly just been “talk” about how creating an Open Space District would be beneficial. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County explored the idea, too, some years ago. In general, an Open Space District would be a new governmental agency with the governmental purpose being to acquire and protect open space lands. To create such an agency, LAFCO would likely be involved, and there might also be some special state legislation involved. “We should look into the Open Space Authority of Santa Clara County, which was created by a specific state law. Here’s a link to review the law governing that District (called an Authority) by going to the this link. Here’s a link to the Authority’s website, to give you an idea of the kind of entity that might be created here. “The key thing in making any Open Space District work is the willingness of the public to tax themselves, in order to raise money to be spent on the purposes of preserving open space. A 2/3 vote would be required. If a District were created here, and funded, then the “management” of the District would be key. Some Districts spend a lot of money on administrative overhead; some are more bureaucratically efficient, and devote more of their money to actual property acquisition and preservation”. More to follow.

HOW PROGRESSIVES IN RICHMOND BEAT BIG OIL. In a “David vs. Goliath” race, 3 of the 3 Team Richmond Progressive candidates were elected to the Richmond City Council. 5 of the 5 candidates promoted by Chevron were defeated — How did they do it? Hear Richmond City Councilwoman Gayle McLaughlin describe how they built authentic relationships in the community to mobilize voters in support of their leadership on the Richmond City Council over a ten year period in which they: § Raised the minimum hourly wage;§ Increased green tech jobs and attracted businesses that included both sole operator and firms with a number of employees;§ Opened a foreclosure prevention program to acquire underwater mortgages and resell to citizens at reduced principals;§ Initiated a “livable, walkable community environment”; § Built condominiums for senior housing…AND Formed the Richmond Youth Corps.What can we learn from them? How can we organize campaigns to elect progressive candidates and build a better, kinder Santa Cruz? Saturday, February 21, 4-6 pm Center for Spiritual Living: 1818 Felt St. Sponsored by People’s Democratic Club and WILPF Santa Cruz.

BILL KOCHER’S NOW IN MONTEREY. You have to admire Bill Kocher for having the guts and gall to return to the neighborhood where his zillion dollar De-Sal plant and plans failed so miserably. He’s now Marina Coast Water District’s new interim general manager.

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary gives more news about development of Fort Ord and tells of the impact on environment for just about any development.Then he tellls of Mayor Don Lane and his affordable housing dreams. There’s a water supply reliability forum scheduled from 4:00 to 6:00 o’clock Wednesday 2/11 in Santa Cruz, the forum is jointly sponsored by the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Cruz Water Department, the Water Supply Advisory Committee, and Desal Alternatives. That’s a very broad sponsorship list! He adds, “Guest speakers are economist David Mitchell, who will present “Water Reliability and the Community’s Economy,” and water and energy efficiency consultant John Rosenblum, who will present “Deep Conservation: Going Beyond The Building Code.” Hard to think of a more important topic. I encourage listeners and readers to attend!” Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s \. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. Scroll down and see a preview of De Cinzo’s Jurassic Park nightmare..

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. Rand Paul is ahead by at least a foot check out Eagan a few pages below.

NEW MUSIC WORKS & SARAH CAHILL. An unusual menu of solo piano music titled

“PIANO REVERIE” is happening at Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz (900 High Street) on Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3pm Sarah’s performance selections will include:

Shade Studies (2014), Samuel Carl Adams
Valentine Waltzes, George Antheil
Feuerklavier, Luciano Berio
Pleasant Dreaming, Philip Collins
selected Preludes, Ruth Crawford
Trumpet of Angus Og by Henry Cowell
Patterns of Plants (selections) by Mamoru Fujieda
Dance for Lisa Karon (1938) and Largo Ostinato, Lou Harrison RCSC
Annea Lockwood St. Petersburg Waltz, Meredith Monk
B’midbar (selections), Larry Polansky
Fourth Pentagram (selections) (1925), Dane Rudhyar. There will be a short reception at intermission, featuring a showing of Valentine’s artwork by the children of Santa Cruz Art Studio and truffles from Donnelly Chocolates.Tickets at the door, probably.

WESTSIDE VIDEO MOVES NEAR OMEI AND SHEN’S GALLERY. Rarely do you see a group of friends and family work together and as hard as the gang at Westside Video did last weekend when they moved the million Video tapes (yep, video tapes) Blue Rays, DVD’s and film stuff to their new location at 2334 Mission Street. That’s between Omei Restaurant and Shen’s Gallery and next to La Cabana Taqueria. Westside will order any/all requests for hard to find videos too.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: “If you love art, or history, or both, run, don’t walk, to see Mr. Turner while its still in town, reviewed this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). And speaking of movies, don’t forget to tune in the Universal Grapevine radio show on KZSC, Tuesday, February 17, to hear Bruce Bratton and me duke it out over this year’s Oscar nominees.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. February 10 John Orlando gives details on the remaining two concerts in The Distinguished Artists Series. After John Kianna Anvari and Luis Cubas co-editors of the UCSC publication TWANAS talk about their aims and goals. On Feb. 17 Good Times film reviewer Lisa Jensen and I talk about the Oscars. Then cardiologist Dr. Neil Sawhney discusses current news and recent methods of maintaining heart health. Jonathan Marx discusses ADHD in Adults on Feb. 24 and John Malkin follows him bringing us up to date on the B.E.A.R.C.A.T. issue. March 3 has Julie James and Bill Peters from the Jewel Theatre talking about their new production, “Harper Regan”. Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin returns March 10 telling us about campaigns, voting, and the election department. Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. “Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world”, Karen Maitland. “Life isn’t how to survive the storm, it’s about how to dance in the rain”, Taylor Swift (yes, Taylor Swift!!!) “And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came”, Truman Capote

THE ONCE POPULAR WRIGLEY PLANT AND PERSONNEL.Newcomers may not be aware that both Wrigley’s gum and Lipton Tea had big time manufacturing plants out on the Westside. Here’s the Wrigley tour staff “Gal Usherettes” provided by Manpower, Inc. on April 1955. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DATELINE February 2, 2015

ALIX TICHELMAN, CBS, MURDER, HEROIN, OUR YACHT HARBOR. The CBS 48 Hours show played on Jan. 24, 2015. It’s called “Kiss Of Death and The Google Exec.” We read part of the story in The Sentinel and Alix Tichelman is going to trial here on Wednesday, February 23. If you can view that program online watch it, by all means. Watch and listen how Santa Cruz Police spokesperson Steve Clark says and does everything he can to hang Alix for murdering Forrest Hayes Google executive. He actually says on the CBS show, “She’s a killer”. She’s not guilty, at least not yet and still Clark makes such accusing statements you really have to wonder about him, and his motivation for judging her. He’s of course the cop who labeled Leonie Sherman an anarchist in the last City Council election. We should wonder too why the Santa Cruz police (according to Clark) has kept video footage from Hayes boat secret. What does that video show? Why hasn’t it been shown to the court? Something is very fishy here, and needs more inverstigation than the Sentinel or our opinionated Police Force can give it. At least check out the photos from the story…

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE NEWS. On last week’s Universal Grapevine (1/27) Linda Bixby and Marilyn Citron O’Rourke broke the news (to me anyways) “that 55% of U.S. cities have a City Council/City Manager form of government, like Santa Cruz’s. Of those cities, 65% HAVE A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR. This includes most of our neighbors in surrounding counties, including Monterey, Carmel, Seaside, and Salinas”. Voting for, and the direct election of, our Mayor would have a huge and positive change in how we relate to our governing representatives. As of now we never know for sure who our next mayor will be, or the one after that one. Council members like Cynthia Mathews and Mike Rotkin have manipulated those decisions for decades now. An actual campaign for mayor would bring out folks with responsibility and experience and help end our present, “Oh gee, I’m just mayor in name only” cop out. Maybe it’s time too to re-think District Elections. We need to face the facts that 6 of our 7 council members live on the Westside. Well, if not six, the vast majority of our last decades of councils are from the Westside.

KPFA AND LIBERAL RADIO IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. Those of us who work (and play) at KZSC 88.1 fm become very attached to KPFA the Pacifica Foundation Station. We play their daily news hours twice every day. I’m attached to KPFA because I did some early student broadcasting there while I was a student at U.C.Berkeley. KPFA’s internal struggles have gone on for decades. Many court battles and many actual locked doors within the station. This is tragic in many ways but mostly because along with Amy Goodman, Pacifica gives us the only honest liberal reporting we’re getting. NPR sold out long ago to proWashington, D.C. progaganda. Read this link once or twice and think about where we stand on honesty and broadcasting.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28824-crises-at-pacifica-radio

PATTON’S PROGRAM. Gary talks about Monterey County and development of Fort Ord, and “industrializing about 3,000 acres of land in the southeastern corner of Monterey County, approximately seven miles southeast of Parkfield”. About Fort Ord he states, “The Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan requires the preparation of Regional Urban Design Guidelines for the redevelopment of the former Fort Ord, and these Guidelines are supposed to establish a framework for road design, setbacks, building height, landscaping, signage and other matters of visual importance. If you have any quibbles about the visual impact of the shopping center project that was built on Fort Ord lands right next to Highway One in Marina, you could well be interested in whether or not the proposed Guidelines will allow such developments in the future. He also warns that residents of San Lorenzo Water District need to be concerned about their future water source.

Read the complete scripts of the above at Gary Patton’s KUSP Land Use site http://blogs.kusp.org/landuse . Gary is a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor (20 years) and an attorney who represents indivuduals and community groups on land use and environmenatl issues. The opions expressed are Mr. Patton’s. Gary has his own website, Two Worlds/365” – www.gapatton.net

CLASSICAL DeCINZO. What student housing problem??? See DeCinzo’s take on it…scroll lower down a few pages

EAGAN’S DEEP COVER. The Koch Brothers divert more than we know…see Eagan’s point of view at the end of this column.

LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa writes: ” Don’t miss the annual Hearts for the Arts auction, happening for two weeks only at Artisans Gallery, check it out this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com). Also, I share some thoughts on the Republic of Goodreads and ponder the often strange bedfellows of democracy and technology online.” Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE. Each and every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I host Universal Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. or on your computer, (live only or sometimes old programs are archived… (See next paragraph) and go to WWW.KZSC.ORG. February 3 has UCSC Professor Linda Burman Hall talking about the new season of The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. She’s followed by UCSC Music Professor Roy Malan talking about the UCSC Faculty Concert on Wed. Feb 4. February 10 John Orlando gives details on the remaining two concerts in The Distinguished Artists Series. On Feb. 17 Good Times film reviewer Lisa Jensen and I talk about the Oscars. Then cardiologist Dr. Neil Sawhney discusses current news and recent methods of maintaining heart health. . Do remember, any and all suggestions for future programs are more than welcome so tune in, and keep listening. Email me always at bratton@cruzio.com

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE ARCHIVES. In case you missed some of the great people I’ve interviewed in the last 5 years here’s a chronological list of just this year’s podcasts. Click herehttp://kzsc.org/blog/tag/universal-grapevine then tap on “listen here” to hear any or all of them… all over again. The update includes Nikki Silva, Michael Warren, Tom Noddy, Anita Monga, Mark Wainer, Judy Johnson-Darrow, Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, Rachel Goodman, George Newell, Tubten Pende, Gina Marie Hayes, Rebecca Ronay-Hazleton, Miriam Ellis, Deb Mc Arthur, The Great Morgani on Street performing, and Paul Whitworth on Krapps Last Tape. Jodi McGraw on Sandhills, Bruce Daniels on area water problems. Mike Pappas on the Olive Connection, Sandy Lydon on County History. Paul Johnston on political organizing, Rick Longinotti on De-Sal. Dan Haifley on Monterey Bay Sanctuary, Dan Harder on Santa Cruz City Museum. Sara Wilbourne on Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. Brian Spencer on SEE Theatre Co. Paula Kenyon and Karen Massaro on MAH and Big Creek Pottery. Carolyn Burke on Edith Piaf. Peggy Dolgenos on Cruzio. Julie James on Jewel Theatre Company. Then there’s Pat Matejcek on environment, Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack on the Universe plus Nina Simon from MAH, Rob Slawinski, Gary Bascou, Judge Paul Burdick, John Brown Childs, Ellen Kimmel, Don Williams, Kinan Valdez, Ellen Murtha, John Leopold, Karen Kefauver, Chip Lord, Judy Bouley, Rob Sean Wilson, Ann Simonton, Lori Rivera, Sayaka Yabuki, Chris Kinney, Celia and Peter Scott, Chris Krohn, David Swanger, Chelsea Juarez…and that’s just since January 2011. Hear them all!!!

QUOTES. “February is a suitable month for dying. Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months hence seems preposterous, the ground hard and cold, the snow dirty, the winter hateful, hanging on too long,” Anna Quindlen, One True Thing. (I know that’s depressing, but spring is coming!!!) “Away in a meadow all covered with snow, The little old groundhog looks for his shadow
The clouds in the sky determine our fate, If winter will leave us all early or late,” Don Halley. “February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer,”Shirley Jackson, Raising Demons.

LEASKS DEPARTMENT STORE AT PACIFIC AND CHURCH STREETS January 1952 at 11:10 am. This is now Urban Outfitters and Regal Cinema 9. This grand and traditional Department store went through many iterations from 1892 when Samuel Leask from Scotland opened it until Gottschalks bought it in the 1980’s and it was there until the quake of 1989. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com

DOUBLE COLUMN AGAIN!!!

DATELINE January 19, 2015

DATELINE January 26, 2015

ARANA GULCH, THE RIBBON CUTTING. At least two hundred or more locals and lots of bicyclers attended Wednesday’s (1/14) Arana Gulch ribbon cutting. This “bike path” which in reality must be 20 feet wide with two new bridges cuts a huge highway through our Green Belt to provide a short cut for bicyclists who must not like to bicycle. Last week’s S.F. Chronicle (1/18) had a big piece apologizing to author Ed Abbey (“Desert Solitaire”,”Monkey Wrench Gang”) for his pointing out over a lifetime that cutting a highway through Arches National Park in UTAH so more people “nature lurkers”could enjoy nature was a terrible contradiction. http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Utah-s-Big-Five-parks-in-winter-6016318.php Abbey called it “Industrial Tourism”. Will we now pave a road through The Pogonip so students will save yardage from their bike commute? Will we build a bridge over Twin Lakes so we don’t have to drive around that gas – wasting bend? At what point do we stop proclaiming that our comfort and convenience is more important than nature? One ribbon cutting speaker even noted that taggers have already painted the “Path”. We can probably guess just how our Park and Rec. Dept will clean and maintain this new attraction. To apply all of Ed Abbey’s lifelong battle and his principles to the onward race to create the Santa Cruz Redwoods National Monument State Park. More, much more on the park in future weeks.

UNIVERSAL GRAPEVINE WEEKLY NEWS. I’ve been remissfor nine years (since June of 2006 when I started my Universal Grapevine radio program) of not reporting/repeating the news that listeners and I learn from those Tuesday night programs. For example, Bruce Jaffe newly re-elected director of The Soquel Creek Water District said Tuesday night (1/13) that yes, there are existing pipes that could carry water from Santa Cruz to Soquel. He also stated and many folks wanted to know this…yes, the Soquel Creek Water District will be happy to collaborate with Santa Cruz on water transfers. Another little gem of news from Jaffe was that the Soquel voters have been very careful and elected only board members with science backgrounds and credentials. They completely rejected the Aptos Chamber of Commerce (with help from Bill Tyselling of the Santa Cruz Chamber) slate of development/business candidates. Earlier in the Grapevine program environmental attorney Bill Parkin stated that it’s true P.G.& E. has pulled back on its plan to erect huge monster power lines and support structures clouding the Day Valley, Freedom landscape for at least ten years. He also said it looks like Barry Swenson’s Aptos Village Development will get underway in this late summer. That’s complete with water, traffic, and the influx of all those new residents moving in. Parkin also talked about the nearly infamous CAL-AM’s de-sal proposal in Marina and how frustrated the locals are. I need to apologize that KZSC hasn’t yet been able to add my programs to their podcasts. So right now it’s listen on Tuesdays 7-8p.m.88.1fm or live online at KZSC.org or never!!

SANDY LYDON’S SANTA CRUZ HISTORY CLASS CANCELLED.Last weekI gave as big a shout out and urging everyone to enroll in Sandy Lydon’s History 25A Santa Cruz County and the Monterey Bay Region to 1880 class. Sandy announced Sunday (1/18) that he had to cancel it. He said, “ It’s been just too difficult for folks to register — many have given up and turned away. And, there are a gazillion of folks who want to take it again and the computer won’t let them. So I’m going to shut it down and cancel it. A lot of this has to do with the re-focusing of the college to transfer students and occupational programs”. “Folks who are registered will get refunds, etc and we’ll re-format it and do it on the Extension side and make it easier to register, hopefully in the Fall”.

WORLD’S LARGEST VACUUM CHAMBER. Watch a bowling ball and feather fall when there’s no air!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs

HISTORICAL PHOTO COMMENT. Triton H. wrote to say this about last week’s historic Eastside Post Office Photo…. “What struck me as remarkable about this week’s fabulous historic photo is not that the Eastside U.S. Post Office is no longer there, it’s that the Roller Palladium still is ! Relatively unchanged. That weird old dingy cavern of a roller skating rink has hosted generations of Santa Cruz 6th graders at roller skating parties. (I believe it was run by a couple, Denny & wife Heddy, who also operated a tiny little coffee shop counter at the corner where Pacific Avenue meets Front Street). I for one sure the heck remember going there and having a lot of fun back in the early-60’s, probably because it was one of the first places a kid could go to without tag-long Mom & Dad. And here’s what else is remarkable: The sign, see arrow. That Roller Palladium sign on the corner is gone, but look what survives: The round neon “winged roller skate” which evidently is now affixed to the corner of the building itself. Probably most people wouldn’t really notice or care, but as two aficionados of Old Santa Cruz, I hope you’ll also get a kick out of coming to the realization that a 65+ year-old relic survives, and quite nicely at that ! Anyway take care”.Triton H.

A READER WRITES. Ted “Shadowbrook” Burke writes to say, “As one of our communities notable film critics I thought you might enjoy this line delivered the other night by David Letterman: The Late Show With David Letterman….” This morning the Academy Award nominations were announced. Meryl Streep once again was nominated. I thought she did a tremendous job as the Olympic wrestler”. Happy New Year to you!