Capitola, California City of Capitola Beach at Capitola Beach at Capitola Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California City of Capitola is positioned in the US City of Capitola - City of Capitola County Santa Cruz Capitola is a town/city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, on the coast of Monterey Bay.
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7.3 Capitola Classic Beach scene at Capitola, 1905 The initial settlement now known as Capitola interval out of what was then called Soquel Landing.
Hall and the region became known as Camp Capitola.
Most authorities believe that it was Hihn who chose the name of Capitola, but they are unsure as to why he did so.
Capitola is known as the earliest beach resort on the West Coast. Capitola is a prominent tourist town because of its trendy shops and restaurants on the shore directly connecting to a fishing wharf and its large, sandy beach.
Capitola lies west of the census-designated region of Aptos and east of the census-designated place of Live Oak.
Capitola Venetian Court Capitola is positioned at 36 58 35 N 121 57 17 W (36.976250, 121.954750). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (4.92%) is water.
Capitola sits on the northeast shore of Monterey Bay.
Downtown Capitola sits in a depression among the cliffs so that the prominent tourist and shopping region leads directly to Capitola Beach.
There have been a number of historic fuel releases to the soil in Capitola; among these the following locations have been identified by the County of Santa Cruz or the California Regional Water Quality Control Board: 819 Bay Avenue, 1649 41st Avenue, 2210 41st Avenue and 1700 41st Avenue. The historic Venetian Court (shown in photo to the right) that sits on the beach just east of the pier is on the Register of National Historic Places as "The first Condominium Beach Community in the United States, assembled in 1924".
Capitola has mild weather throughout the year, appreciateing a Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb) characterized by cool, wet winters and warm, mostly dry summers.
Climate data for Capitola, CA The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Capitola had a populace of 9,918.
The ethnic makeup of Capitola was 7,963 (80.3%) White, 123 (1.2%) African American, 59 (0.6%) Native American, 424 (4.3%) Asian, 10 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 869 (8.8%) from other competitions, and 470 (4.7%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 9,770 citizens (98.5% of the population) lived in homeholds, 25 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 123 (1.2%) were institutionalized.
There were 4,626 homeholds, out of which 1,011 (21.9%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,515 (32.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 539 (11.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 232 (5.0%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
1,735 homeholds (37.5%) were made up of individuals and 608 (13.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 1,643 citizens (16.6%) under the age of 18, 930 citizens (9.4%) aged 18 to 24, 2,801 citizens (28.2%) aged 25 to 44, 3,005 citizens (30.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,539 citizens (15.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
4,430 citizens (44.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,340 citizens (53.8%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 4,692 homeholds out of which 22.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 33.1% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 51.4% were non-families.
37.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 2.0% of families and 7.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
In the California State Legislature, Capitola is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning, and in the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mark Stone. In the United States House of Representatives, Capitola is in the California's 20th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta. Capitola is home to the Capitola Mall, the only enclosed county-wide shopping center in Santa Cruz County.
According to Capitola's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the principal employers in the town/city are: 2 Subaru, Toyota, Kia of Santa Cruz 175 Beach in Capitola, 2014 Beach in Capitola, 2014 Capitola Jr.
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Lifeguard summer camp has been using Capitola beach amid the summer months since its beginning in 1980.
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Capitola Classic The Capitola Classic was a skateboarding event held in Capitola village in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Capitola Classic was known in skating circles for its annual downhill race, which was a head-to-head speed competition that drew top names in the sport, many small-town as well as international, including Santa Cruz, California small-town John Hutson, who held the world speed record for skateboarding at 53.45 mph and dominated the event each year. Starting in 2009 accomplishments were made to revive the event. Derek Sherinian (born 1966) modern keyboardist (Alice Cooper, KISS, Dream Theater, Billy Idol) went to Capitola Elementary, and Capitola Jr.
His mother and sister still reside and own a dress store in Capitola Village.
Skip Spence (1946 1999), the beginning member of Moby Grape and former member of The Jefferson Airplane, resided in Capitola amid the latter years of his life. "California Cities by Incorporation Date".
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"Capitola Village inhabitants and company owners clean up after second flash flood".
"Crews Capitola Village Battling Major Flooding".
"Floods Prompt Capitola Village Evacuations: Red Cross Setting Up Temporary Shelter".
"Capitola-in-the-Sea: Burst Storm Pipe Floods Capitola Village".
As described by bandmate Peter Lewis, who regularly visited Spence amid the latter years of his life, "The last five years I'd go up he lived in a trailer up there Capitola.
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