Just hours before Timothy Volkmann was set to retire from his nearly 16-year stint as a Santa Cruz judge, his passion for jury trials was still burning brightly.
"In the 1930s and 1940s, local surfers had trouble staying in the ocean for more than a half-hour, due to the frigid Alaskan Current turning their skin blue and rubbery," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "They resorted to second-hand sweaters, sometimes treated with oil (a nerdy look for surfers), but they preferred 1890s wool bathing suits, which were 15¢ each at Goodwill. Then in 1959, Jack O'Neill opened his Cowell Beach surf shop where Dream Inn now stands."
After a pandemic-related hiatus, the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair will return to the London Nelson Community Center and will once again transform the space into a recreated woodland habitat, which will be filled with hundreds of local mushrooms, from the red and white fly agaric to golden chantarelles, black trumpets and everything in between.
From tasty food and drinks to awe-inspiring art, film, dance, music, and cultural celebrations, the festivities to look forward to in the coming year are endless. Here are all the fabulous fairs and festivals that are coming to the Bay in 2024.
More than 100 Bay Area festivals and fairs are on deck for 2024 mercurynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercurynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.