Months after identifying the likely paint-dumping vandal of a downtown street mural, Santa Cruz police are closing in on an arrest, a department representative said this week.
In the two weeks since police released photos of a vandal driving a distinctive moped up to a downtown street mural and dumping a can of blue paint in the middle, citizen tipsters have reached out to authorities.
“What I know after living here in Santa Cruz for 21 years, . I can’t say it enough: Santa Cruz, y’all gotta step it up,” Santa Cruz NAACP President Elaine Johnson said.
The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.