In May marine mammals are reproducing and/or still migrating. Some have already given birth but are still heading north towards summer feeding grounds. May is typically a...
Santa Cruz’s Town Clock is a beloved landmark, the symbol of the downtown neighborhood and a frequent gathering spot. But it hasn’t always been where you see it tod...
Imagine a building site with a multimillion dollar project in full swing and suddenly the concrete for its foundation starts to disappear into a dark sinkhole with depths...
Did you know that Santa Cruz County has an official flag? And not surprisingly, our flag is strikingly different from any other county flags out there. It is clearly not...
As you travel around Santa Cruz, chances are, you have crossed the San Lorenzo River. In the City of Santa Cruz, there are four street crossings over the San Lorenzo Rive...
Mission Hill was home to many of Santa Cruz’s early schools. One of the earliest, Mission Hill School, was at what is today’s 133 Mission Street. In the 1860s...
For several decades in the 1900s eight Santa Claus statues welcomed motorists driving along the Old Santa Cruz Highway to a mysterious place called Holy City. The “city”...
Before the automobile age everyone—rich and poor—walked to work, to school, to church, to the movie house. The little town of Santa Cruz grew along a river, and the first...
It was called the “Lower Plaza” The triangle area formed by the intersection of Pacific Avenue, Mission, Front and Water Streets has been the heart of Santa C...
The Pulgas Water Temple sits in striking contrast to the coastal oak woodland that surrounds it in Redwood City, California. A huge stone structure, it’s majestic and ver...
