General Event

Join avid baseball historian and local author Geoffrey Dunn as he explores Harry Hooper's Hall-of-Fame career in baseball and his life in Capitola following his retirement from the professional game. "While you could take Hooper out of professional baseball, you couldn't take the baseball out of Harry," Dunn says.

The author of "Santa Cruz Is in the Heart," Dunn will remind us that Capitola was always in Harry's heart, too.

The annual Capitola Village Children’s Halloween Parade will be Sunday, Oct. 26. The line-up begins at 1:30 p.m. in the Village and Beach Parking Lot 1 behind Capitola City Hall. The parade begins at 2 p.m. and heads down Capitola Avenue through the Village. It ends at Esplanade Park, where there will be refreshments. Participants may trick-or-treat in Capitola Village shops following the parade. The event is sponsored by the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce and Capitola Village Businesses. For more information call the Capitola-Soquel Chamber at 831-475-6522.

The 2014-15 Water Tour series is here!  Join the Coastal Watershed Council and fisheries biologist, Don Alley, to see the fish of Soquel Creek up close!  At this family-friendly tour, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about fish ecology, see living fish, and even get involved!

Save Our Shores is hosting a Beach Clean Up.  For more information please contact Save Our Shores at 831.462.5660 or http://saveourshores.org/

Save Our Shores is hosting a Beach Clean Up.  For more information please contact Save Our Shores at 831.462.5660 or http://saveourshores.org/

Capitola residents can take advantage of extra trash pick-up on their regular service days. Each household is allowed one bulky item and seven bags or cans of garbage, not to exceed 50 pounds each. All items must be curbside by 6 a.m. Household hazardous waste will not be accepted. For bulky items please call GreenWaste Recovery to schedule a pick up at 800-665-2209.

Fireworks display begins at dark in Capitola Village. Road closures will be in effect from approximately 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Museum Curator Frank Perry will lead a historical walking tour of "Harry Hooper's Capitola." Participants will visit historic sites around the Village that have links to Hooper, the subject of the museum's current exhibit, and learn some of the ways that he shaped Capitola's history. 

Participants must register in advance, and the location of the meeting site will be provided then.  Email capitolamuseum@gmail.com or call 831-464-0322 and leave your name and phone number.

Volunteers Needed for First Flush Monitoring

Participate with the Coastal Watershed Council in the on-going community effort to monitor the water flowing off our streets into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary during the first significant rain of the wet season.  Volunteers monitor specific storm drains during the first initial runoff.  Volunteers will be trained to collect water samples that are sent to a professional lab, and to monitor water temperature, conductivity, ph and transparency at the storm drains.  Please plan to attend both trainings.