“Coming here as a little kid and putting my fingers in the sea anemones on West Cliff.”
Peggy Bornfleth
Santa Cruz
Quality Analyst
“When my friends told me to be careful of high tide and I thought they were joking and as I was playing in the tide pools a big wave crushed me and I thought I was going to die.”
Tina Johnson
Santa Cruz
Business Owner
“1959, going to the Boardwalk with my sisters and my mom and dad.”
David Beck
David Beck
Tow Truck Driver
“Capitola Beach, 20 years ago, where I found my family, my children, my wife. When I met her 20 years ago, it was my first experience in Santa Cruz and I never left. ”
Ross Fuller
Scotts Valley
Business Owner
“Traveling through, I stopped to get some pot and I loved it. It was in the late ’90s.”