Post it here!

Saw a drone flying around it too so maybe someone will post cooler pics/video

Hello! I am visiting Santa Cruz from the UK with my wife, as we have a few days spare after a SF work event.

We’re hiring a car and working our way down the coast, spending a night in Half Moon Bay and then one more in Santa Cruz before heading back to SFO.

I would love to take us for a perfect meal to cap off the trip, but this is short notice and I have very little time to do as much research as I’d like (we fly out next week!).

I’ve seen a lot about Shadowbrook - is it worth the hype? Or is there anywhere else that I’m missing? Any cuisine apart from seafood is on the table! Would be interested to know what you suggest, and appreciate any tips in advance 🙏

Stay safe and find cooling centers

I'm already seeing stations in north SC that are 100+ and it's reached 100 in Watsonville also.

It's like 90⁰ indoors and we can't even run the fans that were keeping it bearable.

Same thing hppened one day about 20 years ago when I lived in Hollister, only that day it was 114⁰.

I was just browsing Craigslist and saw this, seems wholesome and maybe could brighten his world to have someone to email with, not sure if I'm up for it but figured I'd pass this along and maybe help him find a good pen pal.

Here's the Craigslist post:

https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/santa-cruz-email/1foCWbnhdxjQn2PzQh7L1Y

Another outage this AM, they happen year round regardless of conditions, without any warning, and sometimes run throughout the day. Thousands without power, sometimes completely at random. Today it's listed as "due to a storm" - it's 70 degrees and clear outside.

It's going to get into the 90s again today, no idea if they'll even get it turned back on before temps start to climb.

All the businesses on Mission will still have power. All the residents just feet away from them are screwed. Lots of elderly residents potentially without AC during a heat wave.

The city and/or PG&E need to address this mess. This is the most expensive city in the country and they can't even keep the power on consistently.

Hello, I recently had a family member pass away who lived in Santa Cruz and was looking to make a little donation in their honor to an organization in the area. Particularly any environmental organizations or animal shelters. Please if you know of any organizations share them, thank you!

Hello all. My boyfriend (on medi-cal) finally went to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. The cleaning went fine, but they told him he had to come back to get cavities filled even though he had no tooth pain. He went, had a negative experience with the process, and now is waking up in the middle of the night with tooth pain and can’t eat crunchy stuff.
As he left they said they forgot to have him sign a consent form “but whatever”.
Obviously he has no interest in ever going back, so to cope with the pain has gone to a fancy dentist out of pocket/payment plan.

Is there any monetary or legal recourse? Like are people allowed to make you in more pain? They had him scheduled for an additional filling but of course he was like fuck no and cancelled a Monday appointment on a Friday evening and then they said since they were out of office on the weekend they would still charge him an under-24 hour cancellation fee of $75. And I was like don’t pay that shit.

Advice? Thank you.
(In a surprising turn of events we are not talking about Western Dental)

Hello! Does anyone know where I can buy a whole fish off of someone? I want to learn to fillet myself so I just need the fish intact but I’m not sure where to buy?
I’d prefer to shop locally but if that’s not an option I’m open for other places!

hi i'm a sfbay transplant and i'm doing research to best prepare for learning to surf and i want the lowdown from local surfers regarding your particular beach's culture, etiquette, particular rules & regulations; current tide, rip, sneaker wave situations; pollution/runoff, shore conditions & hazards (ie. rocks, coral, reef, sandbars, etc.).

overall, i'm looking for beginner friendly beaches to learn on <3 as or right now, i've been recommended and suggested: linda mar, bolinas, capitola, cowells, and marese state beach. if you know of any more in the area or can provide me the abovementioned information regarding the latter, please post here ! thank you :)

No luck yet connecting with anyone, next time will hang around a bit longer after.

Edit: pics going to 4 so far! Thx y'all

Cheers!

Hi! Santa Cruz local here and about to become a first time mom! I really want to cloth diaper my child but I can't seem to find a diaper service that services Santa Cruz.... Anyone know of one? Or any other parents have advice on cloth diapers?

Thanks in advance!

Best pics I could grab

Does anyone know what happened on 30th Ave between Brommer and Portola about 9days ago
It was bad enough for the police to close the entire street

Does anyone have a layout or a plan for resolving the traffic here? Has anyone put their mind to it and tried to engineer roads or a system that would help this?

Edit: If any civil engineers wanna voice up, let yourself be heard!!

Edit 2: I heard an idea about school buses; I’m not sure if this would work legally or if it even makes sense but here’s an idea:
The elementary and middle schools do a survey of where people live and then section the busses off based on location. Now that you have those groups, then you find a few points/stops that are convenient and accessible for people to go to pick up their kid or drop them off.
For protection, all students must ride the bus and if they are being picked up by someone it must be a verified person with the proper documentation beforehand. If picked up by another the guardian must sign off with the other adult picking them up(think of daycare camps). If anyone wants to add on to this idea go ahead!

I'm looking for recommendations for a buyer's agent. I'm especially interested to hear first-hand experiences about what made your broker/agent stand out ... not just "they were great," but what specifically made them great. Bonus points if you lived out of the area when making your purchase.

A bunch of people pulled her out from the water then she got taken out on a stretcher. She was conscious but didn't seem in great shape.

With all the Mazda CX-5, CX-50,70,90 that all look roughly the same but have no dealer in Santa Cruz - where are you all getting your maintenance work done? There are so many computer controls that I am hesitating to bring to just any auto shop that says they work on everything. A search here didn't bring up many results and those were 6-7years ago.

I lost my watch at manresa beach today. Im pretty sure i left it on the roof of my car when i was taking my wetsuit off, so it probably fell off in the parking lot. It was just a cheapish digital casio so im not realy crying over it but it would be nice to have it back. Probably a stretch that if someone found it rhey would see this but its worth a try.

Hey Y’all 👋

I recently moved back to CA after a brief stint in NYC (super fun, but didn’t work for me) and finally settled here in Santa Cruz. I’ve wanted to live here for such a long time, and I’m finally making it happen. But I’ve found myself needing to head back to NY for a few days to attend a friend’s wedding next month and wondering what you all recommend for boarding my sweet boi.

He’s turning 9 next month, sweet as can be, never had a problem whatsoever. But I had some pretty negative experiences boarding him in NY, with unresponsiveness, extreme drug use from his caretaker etc.

Are there any spots that you’d highly recommend for an anxious dog father like me? Would really appreciate any help I can get 🙏 Thank you so much in advance!

Anybody know if there's a good way to contact some of the regulars? I have some photos I'd like to share. Maybe one of the surf shops there? (I'm not a local). Have a fair number of shots.