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Beach Street Skitching

Happy Spring! Seen Sunday on the Beach Street bikeway in front of the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California. Skate + hitching (as in hitching a ride) = “skitching.”

Something for Santa Cruz Railfans

The North American Railcar Operators Association plans an excursion the weekend of May 4 and 5 on the the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railway. Railroad motorcars are those short, specialized track inspection vehicles like the vehicle shown below. Railroads have since replaced them with hybrid road-rail vehicles for this kind of work — those read more »

Santa Cruz Police Memorial Photobomb

Thousands pay their respects to slain Santa Cruz police officers Elizabeth Butler and Butch Baker. I said I wasn’t gonna do a photobomb, but that’s what I ended up with. The partner of one of the slain Santa Cruz police detectives, Elizabeth Butler, is a bus driver for Santa Cruz Metro. SCPD and the Metro read more »

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.

The face of a bike thief

Last Friday, @SFMCAS stopped a bike thief in front of Westfield San Francisco Centre at Union Square and snapped a photo of the alleged perp’s arrest.

Five bike thieves arrested in Santa Cruz this week

A bike thief was arrested Wednesday night, and another early Thursday morning, bringing the tally of arrested bike thieves to five for this week, according to the Santa Cruz Police Department and news reports.