This article updated today says he was not arrested...
Booth added that the boy was not arrested but did receive a citation for skateboarding in Capitola Village, where skateboarding is illegal.
Also in the article:
"I don't remember hearing of anybody getting a ticket down there for skateboarding," said nearby resident Judi Oyama, a competitive skateboarder who's been attempting to resurrect the Capitola Classic, a downhill and slalom race event established in the late-1970s.
"It's an unfortunate accident," she said. "I don't think the town will go anti-skateboard because of it. Kids rely on transportation, and they're usually getting around on skateboards and bikes," Oyama continued. "A lot of kids skate through the Village on their way to school and the beach. That surprises me that skateboarding is illegal in the Village."
Booth explained that the California vehicle code says that skateboarders must follow the same road rules as pedestrians, whereas bicyclists are considered motor vehicles. "[The skateboarder] definitely would have been at fault if he was on a bike because he would have had to stop at that stop sign [in front of the crosswalk]," Booth said. "But there are no laws in the vehicle code stating that skateboarders are held to the same standards as bicyclists."
The Mercury News reported Friday that the teen and his mother wrote remorseful, apologetic letters to the family.
***so it seems to me LE is not doing much to stop the skateboarding since it's obvious many skate there.