🌱 Patch AM: How a Capitola traffic stop turned into a dangerous child-endangering chase.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Capitola traffic stop turned into a dangerous child-endangering chase.

Also on today's calendar: John Rybak + Friends @ Discretion Brewing and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 75 and low of 53 degrees.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 76, low: 52.
• Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man arrested after pursuit with 3-year-old in vehicle - Aptos Life (aptoslife.com) — Capitola police say a Las Vegas man was arrested after allegedly leading officers on a dangerous pursuit with a 3-year-old in his car, starting with a traffic stop on 41st Avenue. The chase was halted in Aptos for safety, then picked up by CHP near Seascape and ended close to Hidden Beach County Park. The child was unharmed and placed in protective services, and the child's mother was also arrested on separate charges.
   

📸 Around Capitola

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Capitola

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• John Rybak + Friends @ Discretion Brewing →
  Discretion Brewing, 2703 41st Ave, Soquel
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Santa Cruz Elks Lodge Fall Festival →
  Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday September 13
• Capitola Art & Wine Festival →
  Capitola Esplanade, Esplanade, Capitola
  9:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Adaptive Skateboarding →
  McGregor Pump Track and Skateboard Park, 1560 McGregor Drive, Capitola
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Wednesday Night Trivia @6:30 PM →
  Cocoa Vino, 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Capitola Beach Festival →
  Location Capitola Village Capitola Beach Capitola CA 95010, Capitola Beach, Capitola
• Beach Festival →
  Capitola Village, 203 Esplanade, Capitola
  8:00 am
• Capitola: Beach Festival →
  Capitola Village, Esplanade Park, Capitola
  8:00 am
Friday October 2
• Week Without Driving Community Celebration →
  Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Zoom Honk Smash Touch A Truck →
  Capitola Mall Parking Lot, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
  10:30 am
• Touch a Truck →
  Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
  10:30 am
• Open Studios Santa Cruz →
  509 Riverview Drive, Capitola
  11:00 am
• Birthday Speaker Meeting →
  Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Open Studios Santa Cruz →
  509 Riverview Drive, Capitola
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This morning CAL FIRE CZU assisted Santa Cruz Fire with a vegetation fire behind DeLaveaga Golf Course.
  We provide one fire engine, one Glenwood firefighting hand crew and one Battalion Chief. We were dispatched at 6:12am and the forward progress was… (Nextdoor )

• Live Oak School District posted a job opening for Substitute Custodian (On-call) in Santa Cruz. Apply here.
• University of California Santa Cruz posted a job opening for Film & Digital Media: Assistant Professor of Narrative Film and Media Production in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Capitola here.

🗞 Nearby News

Soquel

• Scotts Valley girls slip past Aptos in SCCAL cross country action (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Full overnight closures to impact Highway 1 in Aptos in September (santacruzsentinel.com)

Aptos

• 515 Gertrude Ave #B, Aptos, CA 95003 (zillow.com)
• Scotts Valley girls slip past Aptos in SCCAL cross country action (fresnobee.com)
• COE Doctoral Student Receives International Humanitarian Services Award from American Red Cross (hawaii.edu)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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