Most rides and attractions at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk have reopened this week for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Yester day, most were open with limited people on every other seat or in every other car, depending on the type of ride. Boardwalk Park capacity is limited to 25 percent and rides are periodically closed during the day for cleaning.
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Hundreds of adults and kids were lined up as early as 10 this morning (Thu) at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk as rides reopened for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials said some attractions and rides are now open at a limited capacity.
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After five years as chief of the Watsonville Police Department, David Honda says he will retire July 1st. Assistant Chief Thoma s Sims will step into the chief’s role on an interim basis while the search for Honda’s permanent replacement is underway.
In an open letter to the community on Thursday, five years to the month since he became chief, Honda said would leave the 86-member department “with mixed emotions.”
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Santa Cruz Metro recently announced a new addition to their growing bus fleet.
Alex Clifford, CEO of Santa Cruz Metro has the details.
“Our first 100-percent electric zero-emission bus has arrived and over the next couple of months we will be testing that vehicle. We have not fully accepted it. Our residents of Santa Cruz County will see that bus roaming around in different areas through the month of April, maybe a little into May we’ll receive our other three electric buses. They’ll be put through the same regimen, and those buses—all four of those busses—will go into full revenue service in the Fall. It’s in September of this year.”, Clifford said in an interview with KSCO.
As part of these new additions to the Santa Cruz Metro fleet, a new route for downtown Watsonville will include stops at the Watsonville Transit Center, Lincoln at Freedom , Freedom at Airport and Green Valley Road which will launch when all four electric buses are shipped.
Two of the four electric buses have arrived in Santa Cruz County.
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