A surfer catches a ride at Cowell's as the early morning sun glistens off the water. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

The free flowing forms of afternoon clouds juxtaposed with the linear geometry of power poles and wires create a graphic tapestry along Trafton Road in Pajaro on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A large cloud bank forms a dramatic backdrop looking north of the Pajaro River Bridge on Sunday. After Monday's respite from rain, showers are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel)

A pleasure boat heads out to sea as a slight haze has yet to lift off the Monterey Bay on Sunday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Santa Cruz firefighters attack the Moore Street blaze on Wednesday afternoon. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Smoke billows from a house that burned on Moore Street on Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A firefighter douses some stubborn hot spots in the ceiling and roof of the Moore Street home that burned on Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

The spray from a fire hose creates a rainbow as firefighters extinguish the house fire on Moore Street on Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

Westside neighbors can be seen at top as firefighters put out the house fire on Moore Street on Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

KSBW videographer Tom Lopez keeps his camera trained on the house fire on Moore Street on Wednesday afternoon. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

This 1960s Volvo rolled out of the garage and over the cliff landing at the bottom of an old quarry ravine off Rockridge Lane on Monday. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)