Invitations were distributed to Reclaim The Streets of Santa Cruz on June 3rd with a free street party for everyone. Slowly but surely, musicians, artists, chalkers, dancers, bikers, disc tossers, walkers and other party goers began arriving at Pearl Alley in anticipation of Saturday night's "experiment in spontaneous urban uprising."

Free loaves of challah and a jug-band got the party started in Pearl Alley. At about 8pm, people drifted into slow-moving traffic on Pacific Avenue to "take over the streets and reclaim community space for community use!"

People left Pearl Alley then marched down Pacific Avenue to Laurel where they danced and played in the intersection before continuing up Laurel and then Cedar. Reclaim The Streets continued up Cedar and got word that the Dyke March was on Pacific and heading towards the Town Clock. The street party acted swiftly to join the Dyke March, bringing an interesting twist to both events. Read more and view photos

Audio: Indynewswire Show: SC Reclaim the Streets Coverage