• Central Fire rescue swimmer Forrest Gleitsman is pummeled by a wave in heavy surf south of 41st Avenue Wednesday morning while trying to help surfers in distress. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) • Waves crash over the Santa Cruz Harbor Jetty Wednesday morning. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) • An AMR ambulance transports an injured surfer after he was pulled from the surf near The Hook on Santa Cruz’s Eastside Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) • Wet going at the intersection of Soquel and La Fonda avenues on Wednesday morning. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

SANTA CRUZ — An unconscious surfer was pulled from the water Wednesday morning near The Hook surf break on Santa Cruz’s Eastside as a storm blanketed Santa Cruz County with rain, high winds, la

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