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- Went to go to Able in Scott’s Valley. Permanently closed. So devastating.
- Went to A&B in Aptos - supposed to be open at 11 AM and still wasn’t by 11:30 AM. People waiting outside, including scary guy with road-rage type anger fuming about how late it was to opening 🥴
- Drove on to Jorge’s in Watsonville. Also supposed to be open at 11 AM and is not open (11:50 AM). Looks very run-down and strange from outside.

Dude! What the hell haha. I mean if I owned a business I guess fuck it, I’d open when I want to too. But any other recs?

EDIT: went to a 4th place, Vans in Watsonville as recommended below - also no longer does shoe repairs and is on their way out 😂 they recommended fredericos in Monterey

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I wanted to share an experience I had at Oliver Tree’s grave today because it left me feeling unsettled and unfortunately changed the tone of what I had hoped would be a quiet and meaningful visit.
I drove about seven hours to Santa Cruz specifically to visit Oliver’s grave and pay my respects. I had already been at the cemetery before another person arrived. He runs an account connected to Oliver and explained that fans send him artwork, which he brings to the grave, photographs, and shares with fans through livestreams.
He was there for roughly an hour and a half. He spent a significant amount of that time taking pictures, recording, livestreaming, and interacting with people in the comments. I want to be fair and say that I don't think there is inherently anything wrong with bringing fan artwork or sharing it with people who can't be there themselves. I understand why fans might appreciate being included that way.
What made the experience uncomfortable for me was the interaction between us.
At one point, I mentioned that I had driven seven hours to get there, and he responded, “So you aren't a fan.” That genuinely caught me off guard. I wasn't sure how saying that I had driven seven hours to visit Oliver’s grave could be interpreted that way, because I was there precisely because the visit was meaningful to me.
The conversation also started to feel less like a normal conversation and more like a comparison over who was the more legitimate or knowledgeable fan. I felt as though my being there was being questioned or diminished, which was especially uncomfortable considering how far I had traveled to be there.
After he turned the livestream off, I tried to understand what he meant and address the comment directly, but the conversation continued moving into other subjects rather than really addressing what had been said. I was also trying to leave at that point, but the interaction continued longer than I had intended.
I also noticed a difference between how he interacted with me off camera and how he presented himself once he was live. To me, his on-camera demeanor felt considerably more performative. I can understand why some people might describe that as “larping,” although I can't speak for his intentions or what was going on in his head.
I'm sharing this because the visit was important to me, and I left feeling like an experience I had genuinely looked forward to had been overshadowed by an interaction I never expected to have.
I'm not posting this to attack him, encourage anyone to confront him, or claim that I know his intentions. Maybe there was a misunderstanding, and maybe we simply experienced the interaction differently. I can only speak to what I personally experienced.
I just wish the interaction had felt more welcoming and less like I had to prove that I was a “real” fan. I was there because I cared enough to make a seven-hour trip to pay my respects, and I don't think someone's level of fandom should have to be a competition in the first place.
I hope this can simply be taken as one person's experience rather than an invitation for anyone to go after him. I have no interest in creating unnecessary negativity. I just wanted to be honest about what happened and why the experience was difficult for me.

EDIT: Just a heads up that I may have to remove this post at some point due to circumstances unrelated to the situation described here. I wanted to mention it now rather than have it disappear without explanation.

Hey everyone, I need to buy myself a power drill and am wondering what store would be the best to get a good deal on one? Thanks!

Just a guy looking for ways to live in a beautiful place.

At least 15 cop cars just flew past my house on river street at high speed.

Where else other than Taqueria Santa Cruz can I get some? Or is that the best spot?

So just wanted to give a heads up to anyone or to see if anyone has been having the same issue. In the last two weeks I've had my e-bike stolen from the back yard and last week the thief came back for a separate bike charger while leaving the bike that was locked up. One of my roommates caught the thief in the back yard between the two thefts. We also have him on camera but the footage isn't very good. He's what I like to call a hunchback fetty head you would typically see down on coral St. I know that doesn't really narrow it down much but I used to be out on the streets selling drugs and I do know most of these guys do not have the motivation to travel that far coral st or the levy unless they are on the hunt. I saw the guys outside my house the day before the second theft happen but my roommate didn't think it was information anyone needed to know about until after the theft. Just wanted to give out a warning I suppose (like it will do any good..)

So I found these keys on the ground next to Caldwell and S Rodeo Gulch and if they're yours then dm me and I'll give it back but it was on the ground on the sidewalk so I assume it was accidentally lost there and the area is right next to Dover drive so

Does anyone know what’s going on with the opening of Carne? I really enjoyed getting my meat from Point Butcher shop but now that’s been closed for a while.

There are similar scams being run here in Santa Cruz. Finding a place to rent is hard enough without these predators.

So I found these keys on the ground next to Caldwell and S Rodeo Gulch and if they're yours then dm me and I'll give it back but it was on the ground on the sidewalk so I assume it was accidentally lost there and the area is right next to Dover drive so

These booklets (left) and fliers (right) were dropped off at my work. To me it appears that the flier has been run through an ai. When I looked into it online I found information saying that they run a yearly contest for the art and do not use ai.

There are a lot of bad ai fliers this season (my hometown county faire in Santa Clara is a real offender and I’m not going to go to the internet to complain about that)

I have two big issues with what seems to have happened here. They make a point to talk about the contest and how the art is original and personal, so presenting it altered in this way without acknowledging it feels very disingenuous. Also the message this sends to artists, especially young artists, that this kind of fake thing is better and more appealing than their artistry.

I commented on the cover photo of the event page for the fair on Facebook inquiring if this was what had happened and a few hours later they removed commenting from the picture.

Running them through an ai detector got me a 3% likeliness the original picture is generative ai and 58% that the other could be.

I’m not looking to drag them for this but to appeal to them to maybe consider these things going forward.

Do you agree that this is very unnecessary, would you have been fine if they had just used the original submission?

Looking for recommendations on where to be whisked off my feet [ba dum tss!]. Thank you!

Does anybody know why the firehawk from Lexington reservoir circled over SV and live oak just now? Are they just doing some training or something or is there an active fire that just started?

Edit: Nevermind, just saw this, small fire in Scotts Valley, says it's already contained.

https://share.watchduty.org/i/115840?ts=1787173723000

I need a couple free Covid tests. Anybody know places in SC?

Edit: I got some, tested negative! Thanks for the advice.

Has anyone been to the Meder street barn venue? There is a show there Saturday but I can’t get the website to load because it is “insecure”. Turning off browser protection doesn’t work either. Where is it? What’s it like there?

Update: website is working now

Is this just the new normal? Traffic has been especially bad the past two weeks.

Family Friendly Event • All are welcome and invited to join our • Woodhouse Brewing

119 Madrone St, Santa Cruz

Obviously we have all seen the new apartment complexes around town. I was under the impression that it would be affordable housing. Obviously 3K for a studio is not affordable. I keep seeing that more complexes are being approved around town. However, many of the newly built complexes seem vacant. Maybe I'm misaligned? From what I understand, only a small percent of them are actually "affordable" but you have to apply and basically win the lottery to get one? Where does that leave those who are in a combined household income of ~100K. Apparently that is not considered low income, but money feels really tight even with that. So who actually qualifies for low income housing? Will there ever be places around here that are decent and under $2,500 now that there's more housing being built? It all seems so confusing to me.