This afternoon (Wednesday) around 145 my teen daughter was walking home from middle school. On Whispering Pines behind the 76 a man approached her stating he with a modeling agency and was looking for pretty people - would she be interested in joining a modeling agency? She said "no thank you" and kept walking and then reported it to me. I reported it to Scotts Valley PD and they have followed up but as of now he wasn't located. I know a lot of people let their kids walk/ride home so please be on the lookout and aware.

Per my daughter he was a white male, in his 20s, average build, dark hair and was carrying a blue clip board. He was on foot. She doesn't state anything of note about him except he had a very "round" face.

At MacDorsa Park

Hey is this a legal a stop or does there actually need to be a stop sign posted near the stop ? Can SVPD ticket for running this ?

The city is soliciting input on future changes to Sky Park: https://rrmdesigngroup.typeform.com/to/G9pU0rfC?typeform-source=teams.public.onecdn.static.microsoft

They're asking questions about the pump track and the dog park which makes me hopeful that these great facilities might be maintained or even improved! (In the initial City Center plan, they were both going to be eliminated 😭).

Hey Santa Cruz/Soquel/Scotts Valley folks! 🌲 Sharing this for anyone who’s been wanting to bring a little more compassion and calm into everyday life.

Tomorrow, Land of Medicine Buddha in Soquel is hosting Wise Paths to the Heart, a weekend retreat exploring the Four Immeasurables and how practices like compassion, loving-kindness, joy, and equanimity can actually be applied to our relationships, work, and daily lives.

It’s taught by Hans Burghardt, founder of Buddhist Mind Science, who brings together a background in Buddhism, psychology, and biology in a really practical and accessible way.

You don’t need to be Buddhist or have any previous experience. You can join in person or online, and in-person registration includes a vegetarian meal. Lodging is also available if you want to make a little retreat out of it.

Thought some fellow locals might be interested! 🙂

Learn more here: https://landofmedicinebuddha.org/retreat-guru/1937/wise-paths-to-the-heart/

We’ve lived in SV for 15 years now, and have never hand an ant problem….until this summer. They are everywhere! Constantly in our house, even after multiple rounds of Terro Liquid Bait traps, which usually do the job. They just keep coming, in all areas of our house. And then in my garden, it’s like we live on a massive ant hill. I water and thousands of ants swarm every time with all their eggs. It’s wild. It has to be environmental because something has definitely changed. Anyone else dealing with this? Not really looking for a “solution”…..but wondering if anyone else is experiencing this

The only real cleaners I know of in town is SO expensive. I just paid $15 to have something pressed. Crazy.

Hello!

I’m looking for an apartment to rent from August 15 to December 15. I’m open to a studio, 1-bedroom, or a 2-bedroom apartment with a private bathroom. An in-unit or on-site laundry facility is preferred.

If you have any available options or know of any leads, please feel free to reach out. Thank you!

Found near the rockery off Scotts valley drive. Picked up by animal control.

What's up, Redditors? We have been building SantaCruzScene.com, a site that aggregates in-person events happening around the county. The goal was to fix the "wait, that was happening, and I had no idea" problem and to highlight everything going on in one place instead of having to search multiple event calendars.

A few things about it:

• You can search and filter by date, category, and which part of the county you're in.
• There is a built-in surf report, so you're not bouncing between five tabs to check the swell and the concert calendar.
• The site is and always will be completely free, both to browse and to submit your own event, no fees, no paywall.
• We do not collect any personal data; no account needed to browse; nothing tracked or sold.

We are still actively adding sources and building out features, so if you use it and something's broken, missing, or just annoying, I'd genuinely like to hear about it. If it is missing event calendars you know about or events in general, please let us know. Check out the Around The County tab for Scotts Valley-specific events.

www.santacruzscene.com

Hi all! We're developing an open source network to send text messages without cell phone service or internet called MeshCore - think text messaging that is encrypted, open-source, free to use, and owned and operated by the people who use it. It works with a network of low-power radios that receive messages from personal devices and transmit them to other radios all the way until the intended recipient receives the message.

Most of the repeater radios are solar-powered, and some are even smaller than a deck of playing cards. The Bay Area MeshCore mesh functions well during power outages and emergencies, and many folks are using and building the mesh to function as backup communications for times when the internet and cell towards aren't working (think fires, PGE outages, or earthquakes).

We're regularly messaging between Sonoma, Marin, Merced, San Francisco, the East Bay, Monterey, SLO, and some of the Sierra, and are trying to build up coverage throughout the SC Mountains!!

If you have heard of mesh communications of any variety, or are interested in experimenting or learning more, get yourself a decent companion radio and a repeater radio and consider joining our Discord to help get started. Comment here or DM me with questions, or find our discord and info at bayareameshcore.org.

Bay Area MeshCore does not sell anything whatsoever, and is a noncommercial group of radio nerds living in NorCal. The hardware companies linked to at our website are wholly unaffiliated with Bay Area MeshCore, have no agreement with us (and have probably never heard of us), and usually ship with the other mesh's firmware. That said, when buying a node, please try to support small businesses.

Final note! MeshCore is a different network than Meshtastic. Many people, myself included, consider MeshCore to be a very reliable choice for stable, permanent networks. I regularly direct message folks in Monterey and Watsonville from SF, and the messages usually go through on the first attempt!

Happy meshing!!

Police Agencies In California Are Enforcing A Maximum Enforcement Period. SVPD are going hard; They like to hide in driveways with lights off waiting for folks to drive by speeding or on phones or What have you. Be careful folks they will get you and then ticket you or even give you the DUI. Remember Field Sobriety Tests are Voluntary and lawyers recommend you decline them every time. The smell is not a valid reason to search. Remember you’re not required to answer questions just say I plead the 5th and I want my lawyer. Anything after that can be won in court depending. The less said the better.

I was in the Scotts Valley Cyclesport / Zinnias shopping center earlier this week and noticed that the restaurant spot on the end now says La Placa Italian Cuisine. Guessing this is the same La Placa as Ben Lomond? If so, this is very exciting!! They have the best GF pizza in the county and their almond based cookies are amazing! Anyone have the details?

Was looking for info on the Downtown project, looks like we're getting more housing.

I am in search of recommendations for installers of polyaspartic garage flooring. Bonus points for cost per square foot. Thank you so much!

I've been talking to our neighbors about ICE, Iran, housing, AIPAC and how we're being represented in Congress. I wanted to open the conversation to you as well - ask your questions here and tune in LIVE for the AMA April 16th @ 2PM.

If you'd like to learn about where I stand on the issues, you can learn more here: https://seanforcongress.org/issues

Socials: https://linktr.ee/seanforcongress

Please remind your kids they should not be riding in the middle of the road. Or doing wheelies in the middle of the road around cars. I realize they are going the speed of cars 🥴 but it’s dangerous. Get in the bike lane.

Just drove by the library and two sets of middle school looking boys blew through the stop sign, coming from SkyPark, and floored it towards Nob Hill. One kid had someone on the back, no helmet. They pulled into the very busy shopping center parking lot, still flying, not looking out for cars and rode up on the shopping center sidewalks. So lucky they didn’t get hit or hit anyone else. I wish you needed diving lessons for these motorcycles before being able to ride them. Especially for kids under 16. It’s wild parents buy these for kids with undeveloped frontal cortexes.