Search Results for: Memorial Day

Voters, cyclists, Devil’s Slide, and more

I hope you’re having a wonderful Thursday. Busy day at the office so I’ll blast these tidbits out and hope somebody can find something useful from them.

100 ride for fallen Santa Cruz officers

Over 100 people participated in a memorial bicycle ride honoring Santa Cruz police detectives Elizabeth Butler and Butch Baker on Sunday morning.

Santa Cruz Metro to run extra buses for memorial service

Santa Cruz Metro Transit District (“METRO”) will have several buses on standby Thursday morning to transport people to the HP Pavilion in San Jose for the memorial service to honor Santa Cruz detectives Elizabeth Butler and Butch Baker.

Bicycle civil defense drills

This recent discussion of bikes for disaster planning reminds me of an idea to promote bikes for transportation under the guise of emergency planning. Quick Quiz: Who wrote this proposal for a bicycle civil defense drill?

Coasties tour the Pacific Coast for fallen comrades

A group of Coast Guardsmen will begin cycling down the Pacific Coast in Sausalito, with a planned stop in Santa Cruz on Monday. They ride to raise funds for a memorial to fallen Coast Guardsmen.

California Traffic Update

Mobile phone video cameras, Memorial Day traffic death toll, bicycle collisions, and more on California bicycle safety. Gary Richards at the Mercury News writes on the legality of shooting video wile driving to catch all of those other scofflaws in the act!