Jimmy Raun-Byberg has painted amusement park rides for 35 years. “I was a professional artist beforehand,” he says. Many would say Raun-Byberg still is. He’s been touching up the rides at the Santa ...

The Boardwalk will be buzzing this summer. Fresh ocean air allowed the landmark Santa Cruz beachside park to stay open to thrill seekers, skee-ball players and salt-water taffy eaters for much of the ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — As the carousel twirled around and around, 101-year-old Marguerite “Margie” Gagnebin gleefully tossed a metal ring with each revolution, grasping the pole of her brightly colored ...

CAPITOLA — Like a nostalgic sequel, a beachside merry-go-round last entertaining families on the Esplanade in the mid-1960s could once again make its return. The Capitola City Council unanimously ...

The original Looff carousel on the Santa Monica Pier was sold off a long time ago, but the current merry-go-round, the bureaucratically named Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Carousel #62, was produced by ...