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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk announces summer drone show, return of free movies

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April 29, 2025 6:50 PM
Published 6:05 PM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) -- Summer 2025 at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk welcomes back free summer events, including fan favorite films and a new drone show.

The new show will take over the skies above Main Beach on Saturday, May 17th, with ideal views between the Giant Dipper and Undertow around 8:45 p.m.

Then, beginning on June 13th, free movies at the beach return with the classic 1987 film The Lost Boys where Santa Cruz played a role as the fictional Santa Carla.

The lineup will feature family-friendly favorites after with guests able to eat classic Boardwalk treats. Admission is free with seating available at a first-come, first-served basis.

Here's what's scheduled:

  • June 13: The Lost Boys
  • June 20: Men in Black
  • June 27: Ghostbusters (1984)
  • July 11: Jumanji (1995)
  • July 18: Clueless
  • July 25: The Wizard of Oz
  • August 1: Despicable Me 4
  • August 8: The Goonies

All movies will include a 15-minute intermission.

Other events for the Boardwalk include half-price mornings at the Boardwalk arcade, live music, and DJ dance parties for Evening on the Colonnade.

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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