NorCal had a very active cruise scene, from my era 1975-1985-ish
most all towns/especially cities, had some sort of cruise
I did the Walnut Creek Ca. Main st. & Locust st. cruise
for 10 years probably
when ever I was in the area, not out on the road
a bunch of us from Concord
we would also get together & go to many different towns
check out the cars babes & cruises, races
(up to 16-20-ish people, from Concord area cars/racers, even just cruisers
we'd go to the cruise or not, then always later go to Safeway (?) parking lot
private ownership, he was cool, it was called Encino Grande, corners of
Concord Ave. & Willow Pass, right on the borders of WC/Concord, bench race/BS
& have organize street races, up Willow Pass rd., if the cars weren't too loud,
we didn't want to piss of the locals or the faster/louder cars would go out to Ygnatio Valley,
my house was right near it, made it really convenient, 2 ) 1/4 miles marked off
going both directions on a flat section on the 4 lane road, each with about a 1/2 mile shutdown)
Concord, my hometown where I was born/raised
lived for most of my youth, from 1959-1997
so like 31 of the 1st 38 years, I lived in around
Concord/Clayton area, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Antioch,
there were a few cruises in the areas...
(except HS 3 years, I lived in the Georgetown area/Garden Valley with my father
& his bitch 3rd wife & a few years I lived in Alaska, in the mid 80's
or Springfield area Mo., for a year, rebuilding a racetrack
we'd cruise Sacramento (75 miles away) or Placerville, Auburn closer in HS years)
In Concord, Clayton Rd., Treat Blvd., Concord Ave., Willow Pass
always the CPD 'police city' from 75-85-ish after like 11:00pm-ish
depending which area the LEOs shut down, we'd go to another
if they'd shut it down, so we'd go to nearby towns
10th & L Street in Antioch
Even Pittsburg 10th st. had a cruise
(before it went gangs & lowriders)
We'd also do the J Street in Sacramento, mainly in HS
& quite a few times, in HS years & later in my 20's - 30's
go to surrounding towns cities, even some 50-100 miles away even like
*usually somewhere close 10-40 or fewer miles away
*Martinez
*Fairfield
*San Pablo, El Cerrito, Berkeley-Albany, in Oakland, up & down East 14th,
before it went all minitrucks/lowriders & gangs or go over to Richmond
*Alamo/Danville/San Ramon
a lil' farther out like
Pleasanton
Livermore
Fremont
San Jose/Cupertino El Camino Real
Modesto
Marysville/Oroville
(I had racing buddies in Marysville/Oroville & all the surrounding areas)
Yuba City
Woodland
Many of the cruises, also had people that'd go street racing after it
most were posers/lookie-lous, just out to watch or gamble
it was very common in my youth, into my later 20's especially
which Steet Racing obviously isn't/wasn't legal
but;
for the most part, they (LEOs) left us alone
we'd go out to some unincorporated/rural area to do our business
away from traffic or towns
Later
I'd go check out cruises in other states
when I was on the road for work or racing, well into my later 30's
(38 with 4 kids, that loved it too) until about 1997-ish,
kind of gave it up after then...
