Category Archives: Environment
Santa Cruz traffic: Breaking the gridlock
From the Sentinel Opinion page; the May 16, 2013 Editorial: Bridges are all the topic these days. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s the Bay Bridge — or rather the snapped steel bolts and possible delay in … Continue reading
Santa Cruz grapples with crime, drugs and … homeless services
No issue has so divided the greater Santa Cruz community as providing day-use services at the Homeless Services Center. This issue has continued to heat up for a variety of reasons: The public’s perception that transients continue to be a … Continue reading
Dealing with drug needles
One of the confusing aspects of the intensifying local debate about providing clean needles for drug addicts in Santa Cruz is just who is overseeing the distribution. Based on public documents, it’s clear Santa Cruz County public health officials have … Continue reading
Taking a bite out of sharks’ dangerous predators
Have great white sharks been outfitted with the dark hat of villainy for no good reason other than humans’ primal fears of monsters lurking beneath the deep? Scientifically speaking, it would appear so. Because the emotional fear of an animal … Continue reading
Scourge of crime hits home
In my job, I frequently write unsigned — and windy — Editorials, decrying injustice and the need for more tolerance, rehabilitation and even redemption. More gun control. I write about the plight of addiction, about the need to end chronic recidivism among … Continue reading
Keep the pressure on Santa Cruz drug trade
Take Back Santa Cruz members and community supporters march along rail tracks, picking up trash and drug paraphernalia along the way, to Santa Cruz City Council meeting Tuesday/Dan Coyro, Sentinel photo Why are people continuing to complain about feeling unsafe, … Continue reading
Chasing Mavericks captures Santa Cruz surf culture
When the first scene in the recently released film, Chasing Mavericks showed a panorama of the Santa Cruz coastline, the audience inside the theater began whooping and hollering. While this film may not play well in Ohio — but what … Continue reading
Breaking camp: Santa Cruz cracks down on illegal sites
Illegal campsite/photo by Dan Coyro, Sentinel Send us your poor, your addicted, your homeless … Contrary to the opinion of many in our community, this is not a message posted on the roads and pathways leading into Santa Cruz. But … Continue reading
Highway to hell paved with good intentions
La Fonda Bridge starts to come down/Photo courtesy of SC County RTC OK, we get it. Since there are too many cars on too little asphalt, traffic has been, is, and will be a major obstacle for Santa Cruz County residents … Continue reading
Santa Cruz makes a winning shot on pro basketball
Bringing a minor league professional basketball team to Santa Cruz marks another shift in the city’s posture toward commercial enterprise. It may have taken the City Council most of Tuesday night to finalize the deal moving a Golden State Warriors … Continue reading
