I can't say enough about how great the WFD is! They are so polite, helpful, kind, and strong…read more My husband had a stroke four years ago and additional health problems since. He has slipped out of his wheelchair a few times over the last couple of years- I don't want to call the fire department- but they come out and help him up and always make us feel like we did the right thing to call. I am so thankful for their help always. Thank you WFD.

This is my favorite Fire station, the crews are so sweet to everyone in the city and work hard to…read moresafeguard the community through the protection of life and property. Brian Long, one of the firefighters made an amazing dinner for myself and the rest of the crew. I was blown away by the quality of the food and the service. 5 Stars all the way!!

3 years ago or so I got unlawfully detained and eventually arrested by officer Mutoza who I believe…read moredoesn't work at the office anymore. He pulled me over close to midnight in my carb legal modified Z extremely aggressively for allegedly speeding onto the onramp (5 miles above the limit). He clearly had little man syndrome and didn't like a Mexican with a girl in the passenger seat of a nice car. Being 17 at the time I was shitting my pants for the entire scene for over an hour while he aggressively kept trying to pry any sort of damning evidence on a kid trying to go home. Throughout the night he grabbed and squeezed my nuts HARD and the second time I got squirmish and he yelled at me to be a man and deal with it... this was right after or during the height of race tensions, and I genuinely felt in danger. When he couldn't prove my car was illegal, he went on to say I had signs of intoxication and while I admit 10-11 hours prior I had MJ, I clearly was simply freaked out by the guy with a gun on a power trip. I got field tested about 3 times throughout the night, and eventually after 2 more officers came and saw the scene (they had expressions of people that know I was being violated), eventually I got handcuffed after being asked if I wanted MORE field testing or a blood test. I hadn't realized a blood test meant getting arrested and taken away in that moment, on the way to Dominican I noticed the gloves used to man handle me were on the windshield and I brought it to his attention, which after he actually sped up in silence and I watched them fly off... I'm pretty damn certain if I had done it, it's a 1000$ ticket. He also told me about his own collection of actually illegal cars on the way to the hospital, and when I brought up "cop code" and how they get to abuse being intoxicated or doing bad things they get a pass "when you see your friend in trouble, you help them" he said... getting to the actual jailhouse, I vividly remember him bringing two other officers to a screening room where AGAIN I got felt up hard, and they all really seemed to like it when he was feeling up my ass good without being able to do or say anything about it. I felt disgusted and haven't ever had legal trouble before or since. Even more precious how the sherrif's he left me with in the drunk tank refused to answer any of my questions or tell me his information. I wish I could go back and sue, but my excessively law abiding parents convinced my naive self I had nothing to legally do, and unfortunately the statute of limitations is WELL past this point Two years ago on an entirely different scenario, my Miata got stolen at 4 AM from my house in Santa Cruz gardens and taken two blocks over to get stripped for collectively 5k worth of my parts, property, and damages!!! I have a neighbor who was actually awake waiting to do morning delivery driving for a bakery, who watched it all happen for an entire 40 minutes, and he waited and waited for CHP after making the call immediately... you can guess they showed up an hour later even though they regularly patrol Soquel Drive every single night. They had the audacity to claim there was a chance I set it all up for an insurance claim even though on all my cars I have liability only... the only thing they're good at is handing out tickets and making regular people's lives harder. My favorite is when I was told "at least you had something like that in the first place". I genuinely hope for better service one day.. clearly being a young man with genuine ambition only leads you to being taken advantage of by losers with a badge and gun who only care about the paycheck and feeling like they deserve any authority over regular people. Basically, legally get well versed. They don't care about you, and to anyone reading this. Be well out there. Hopefully my stories didn't put a bigger target on my back than what I have already for being a law abiding citizen who CAN pay his tickets...

I had a thoroughly pleasant and protective experience with CHP this week so this review supersedes…read moremy old review. OK? My rear wheel blew out on highway 1 going 65 MPH in an all but uninhabited town called "la selva" around 12:30am on a sunday/holiday weekend. State Farm couldn't get a local tow truck to help with roadside assistance at that hour. So i was stuck. id tried to change the tire myself, in the mud & rain, but couldn't get the old wheel off. so i slid into my comfy sleeping bag in the drivers seat and started to fall asleep thinking i was in for the evening. It was a fairly quiet spot next to Hwy 1 comparatively. so my mom, being the protective type, called CHP (she's staying with me for few months) and they came out and attempted to change the tire for me! two big highway patrol guys couldn't get that tire off and so the car was stuck at the off ramp!! But they sure tried! Got themselves all dirty too cause of the mud and rain. Defeated, CHP dropped me off at home around 4am after realizing nothing else we could do. They put in such effort and i thank them fir that Flash forward to morning. my facebook plea for help got me a ride back to my car. Kevin from 831 towing came out and managed to get the wheel off the axle under extreme adversity. He changed it out, in the rain, while mercury was in retrograde and during the Trump Administration ! Great company! Well it turns out mine is a rare tire. lloyds was the only place in town that had it in stock. Costco didn't have this tire. I was just that stocked this wheel for my ride was available at Lloyd's. skeeeeeeew! They changed this tire within 30 minutes of my arrival. Tire install is around $20. Kudos to both companies and to CHP. thanks gang. I'm so glad CHP gave me overnight to get my car outta there too.

Awesome Group of staff. Always are ready to help and respond to anything. Great community policingread more

I was just taking a break from work and walking my dog and saw one of the SV cruisers heading out…read moreto respond to another call. My thoughts and worries about my 'tough job' went out the window. These guys have a job that is far 'tougher' than anything I've ever done. And they do it day in and day out. Anytime I have ever had any dealings with the Scotts Valley Police they have been very polite and professional. And yes... I've gotten a ticket before... and had a car accident in town so I know. I know some of these folks personally and they are great people. P.S. I only gave them 4 stars because I never give anything 5 stars... Keep on doing the great job you do. And I will offer up a 'Thanks' from all of us out here in the public...

Best recruiter SSGT. Nguyen I had a great experience with the Air Force recruiter in Capitola!…read moreThey were super helpful, knowledgeable, and made the process smooth and easy. Highly recommend!

I have been trying to get in contact with a military recruiter and I first tried the marines but…read moreended up going with the Air Force .Ssgt Kevin Nguyen was very helpful and informative. He set up my profile fast and I made it to MEPs processing in no time. He also gave me tips and made sure I made it through till basic military training. I have now graduated from my technical training and am doing Recruiters assistant program. I wouldn't recommend any other recruiter or branch to join.

Helped me get the job I wanted and were very helpful. Another thing is that they were very nice and…read morehelped me through the steps of getting into the army!

I went to visit the recruiter on Sunday. The good thing is that I found a number to contact them…read more I talked to a Sgt. and let him know that my daughter is thinking of joining the military, and that the Army was one of the branches she was thinking of. I told him I would comeback since they were closed on Sundays. He ok'd it and let me know that it is by appts on Saturdays. I responded by letting him know my Daughter is a sophomore in High School and is 16 but wanted some info from the source. He told me to come and that he would love to talk to her about what questions she had.

Radically inclusive. Warm & welcoming. Efficient & skilled. Director Sharon & rest of the team…read morehelped me & my partner find an LBGTQ resource when we were in a pinch. So tha kful for this amazing mission driven part of our community(ies)! Thank you & Cheers!

I went here for the first time back in August this year for their full moon ritual and despite not…read morebeing extremely spiritually practiced I felt pretty comfortable and even met some nice people my age. Now here in November I decided to invite my friends to their New Moon event in hopes for a similar experience. We were a little late only due to all the freeway entrances being closed from Watsonville aka something out of our control and not intentional. Last time in August a group of 5 were late and they didn't seem to mind at all! So we were about 15 minutes late, and while I'm not actually upset about this too much, I do wish in the description for the event they would tell you more of what you will do. In the description of the event they don't tell you that you will be pushed to be close with others and touch them after walking around to music and doing protective poses. They don't actually describe most of what you will do, just what the things you will be talking about are. These activities are definitely for more extroverted people who also don't mind touching others or being close, so for my friends and I who just aren't very comfortable doing that, it felt like we were a little scrutinized for not doing the same thing everyone else was doing even though we were trying, we were just a bit shy about it. So if you are more introverted or perhaps anxious around others like me, this place might be hard for you. They did make a comment about how some of us weren't doing the same as others, if they had said you would be doing something like that during the event we would not have gone as to respect the people who do want to do that. We made the decision that the event wasn't for us after staying for about 40 min which anyone should be allowed to do in my opinion, for an event based on being true to yourself and respecting your community simultaneously along w other things, you'd think they'd respect if you decide it's just not your cup of tea, especially after how the energy in there wasn't as positive as you'd think it would be. We decided on the right time to get up and leave and said thank you but that we were leaving, and my friend added on what she enjoyed about the event before we walked to leave. We were all respectful and tried to leave quietly. The event runner had passive aggressively told us that maybe next time we should show up on time and stay through the whole thing, and once we got out of there we decided we weren't comfortable with coming back. I think they talk a lot about their community being accommodating and also paying attention to yourself and what you enjoy and don't enjoy and listening to that, but they don't seem to actually want to put that into practice themselves. I also feel like if you're not advanced in spiritual practices and don't have a ton to say because you're not as knowledgeable you're also kindof looked down on as I felt that a little last time. We had RSVPd, but simply decided it wasn't for us. In our opinions that should be allowed and unfortunately I won't be coming back just as I don't feel like I can actually be my own person in there in a space that is meant to be for that. Once we left and went somewhere else the general attitude felt so much more positive. I don't feel like I can come here and be my true queer self like I should. Update: I've now been told by a few people I know that they had similar experiences after coming here, where they felt judged and could not be themselves while in this space that seems to talk a lot about caring for others and being understanding and kind.

I am writing frommy recent experience of spending three weeks in nthe Men's jail in Santa Cruz,not…read morethis one,known as "The Farm" popularly. If I did not have a health issue that made the SC peeps keep me in the SC facility I might've been transferred to Roundtree,howeve ri was not. Other of my jail peers (Oh,and I am a male,speaking of my fellow mlel inmates.),basically all in for more "serious" crimes than me, generally wanted to be transfered there ~ They said the food was better,you could get soda pop from a vending machine,and there was a weight room! I believe :the Farm" used to have this -organic? - farm but they shut that down,one particular jail bud of mine's story as to how he,a week after being released from the Fram,came back on the grounds in a on St. Patrick's day dressed in a jail uniform and distributed pot,liquid methadone,and other goodies to the lads still inside perhaps being a reason for that. If he is to be believed... Supposedly,Santa Cruz will rebalance all its jail population,and all non-violent males will be at The Farm,though that says that DUI/domestic violence casesd would still be at SCCJ-Since those are two crimes that more "middle-class" folks can more easily fall into-The weekend,during my time there,would bring "respctable-er" new jacks/fish in those categories-I wounder if that will be so? The Fram,even if the "Farm" itself is gone,apparently is the "develop a work ethic' jail of the SCCO system,with peop-le having jobs,one other inmate of mine in SCCJ was seemingly recalling how,when there,"he did all te welding".

They offer diverse assistance for those in need. You should call them & see how they might be able…read moreto serve you. (E.A. you are THE BEST in my book )

Awesome non-profit agency that provides vital services to our most vulnerable residents in Santa…read moreCruz County. Great staff and leadership in their head start programs. Keep up the great work.