Santa Cruz: Aloha Celebrity Races & Polynesian Festival

By Amy Hubbard

July 29, 2007 12 AM PT

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

The annual outrigger races in Santa Cruz are aimed at novice paddlers -- and those who come to cheer them on. The fest that follows has flower leis, Hawaiian shave ice and Polynesian dance performances.

When, where: Aug. 19 at the Santa Cruz Wharf, entrance at Beach Street and Pacific Avenue.

Admission: Free for spectators. To participate, $80 per four-person team; price increases to $100 starting Wednesday.

Info: (831) 420-5273, www.santacruzwharf.com.

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Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard is a deputy editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She’s worked in a range of departments at The Times since 1993, including as copy chief for daily Calendar, Travel, Books and the AM Copy Desk; SEO chief; morning editor on the Metro desk; and assistant newsletters editor. In 2015, she began a four-year stint at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was the Banking editor. Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism.

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