February 17, 20142 Comments on Santa Cruz County door prize merits mention in the police blotter
From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
A 53-year-old Aptos man was riding eastbound in the bike lane on Soquel Drive when a man parked on the shoulder opened his car door and caused the cyclist to veer into a car that was stopped at a red light.
Full story here, including comments from the peanut gallery who go out of their way to absolve the motorist of any fault in spite of the clear text and meaning of CVC 22517:
February 10, 20142 Comments on Santa Cruz man stabbed while stopping a bike theft
KSBW reports:
The first stabbing on Coral Street happened at 8:19 a.m. Saturday, when the victim confronted a man who was trying to steal his bicycle.
“The suspect stabbed the victim in the arm and fled without the bike,” police said.
The suspect (you can see his mugshot on the KSBW news story page) is one mean looking hombre. 62-year-old William Jones is on probation for murder in Idaho and is considered armed and dangerous. Call 911 if you see him. Read a little more background on William Jones at the Santa Cruz Police Blog.
February 5, 20142 Comments on Manslaughter charges for Santa Cruz driver who fell asleep at the wheel
Unlike many cases in which a cyclist fatality is dismissed as a tragic accident, justice may be on the way for Santa Cruz cyclist Joshua Alper, who was killed when Navindra Jain, also of Santa Cruz, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel of his Tesla last November 2013.
January 27, 20141 Comment on Bike distribution on Santa Cruz council Tuesday agenda
The city of Santa Cruz, CA council will once again try to tackle the persistent problem of what to do with all of the abandoned bikes the city collects.
(And yes, believe it or not, there’s actually controversy about this.)
January 21, 20141 Comment on Cyclists for Santa Cruz Metro citizen committee
Santa Cruz Metro (the transit operator for Santa Cruz County, California) seeks volunteers to serve on the Metro Advisory Committee (MAC). The Santa Cruz Metro Board of Directors looks to this citizen advisory board for policy and operational issues that impact Metro riders. Meetings are the third Wednesday of every month at 6 PM at Pacific Station in downtown Santa Cruz. I’ve been asked to join, but I already have a long-standing obligation on Wednesday nights.
December 16, 20131 Comment on Winter cycling tips for Santa Cruz, California
Last Saturday, I was just riding along in beautiful 68 degree sunny weather on Brommer Street in Santa Cruz when I shot a photo of Jamie Bianchini towing his son Luca in a bike trailer. I uploaded the photo to Google Plus. Google then applied “autoawesome” to the image to overlay animated snow flakes over Jamie, his bike, and the passing Honda.
You now have photographic proof of my winter cycling expertise.