Comments by Darren Patterson

Montara city-wide yard sale this Saturday

There will be signs out, but the yard sales are from 8am-2pm on Saturday.

Letter: Montara charity food drive,egg hunt car rally, and Easter kids party this weekend

A big thanks to those who donated and collected roughly 1.5 tons (yes TONS) of food for Coastside Hope! You can find pictures from the event here: http://greenhousemontara.com/gallery/v/Car+Rally+Food+Drive/

New Leaf begins construction, plans to open at Albertson’s site in June

I've been in two New Leaf stores in Santa Cruz and I would say that they are not anywhere as large as 22,000 square feet! I think that bodes well for even better selection than elsewhere.

Opinion: SamTrans sneaks bus route onto Montara neighborhood streets

My wife and I were a little surprised by the sign-buckets as well. I did get the mailer on the day that the service actually started but it was rather short on information (like frequency). It seems to me that this is a needed service that SamTrans decided to get in place with a minimum of public discussion/conflict. I can completely understand some people might not like having the bus stop in front of their house, but I think this is a step in the right direction. I know there are other places,…