BEING DONE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN SANTA CR. UZ PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET SOME OUTDOOR RECATREION AFTER BEING COOPED UP FOR MOST OF THE YEAR SO, ALL LIFEGUARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON DUTY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING TO ENJOY COASTAL BEACHES THE TRAVEL BAN IS LIFTED...VACCINATIONS ARE UNDERWAY...AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REMAINS IN THE YELLOW TR. IE TRAFFIC IS ROLLING INTO SURF CITY ATTRACTING VISITORS FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND BEYD ON MANY COULDNT WAIT TO GET A JUMP ON THE 3 DAY HOLIDAY "Oh, absolutely! You can see we got a little new baby rlgi so we're been dyding to try and bring her out and do stuff with the family is great" LIFEGUARDS HAVE TAKEN THEIR POSITIONS ALONG SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BEACHES WHICH REMAIN THE PRIME DR. AW STATE PARK AND CITY LIFEGUARDS ARE THE TO RE ENSURE WATER SAFETY --ITS SUGGESTED THAT YOU STAY CLOSE TO THE TOWERS "We're staffing up. We have extra resources on duty for this weekend. We'll have a jet ski team for water safety. We have tra ex patrols on the beaches having a presence out there." THE SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK IS ANOTHER DESTINATION.. THEY'RE ANTICIPATING LARGE CROWDS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THE SEASIDE AMUSEMENT PARK CONTINUES TO FOLLOW ALTH HE AND SAFETY GUIDELINES . SO, CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 35 PERCENT "We do have to lim it capacity from time-to-time but usually those are just short 15-to-20 minute waits to get on to the Boardwalk" VISISAT NTA CRUZ COUY NT SAYS OCCUPANCY IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY LAST MONTH TRIPLED OVER LAST YEARS FIGURES "We're still 8 percentage points away from 2009 levels but if the upward trned continues that's a good indicator that we are starting recovery." SO, AGAIN BE SAFE IF YOU DECIDE TO GO INTO THE OCEAN STICK CLOSE TO T HE LIFEGUARD TOWERS ANDT I WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO KNOW WHAT CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE BEFORE U YO GO TO THE BE