Last Wednesday evening, the Santa Cruz GreenWharf Project received the state’s most prestigious environmental honor for 2014: The Governor’s Environmental and Econo...
The Creamer Hotel in Felton, California (now known as the Cremer House) is rumored to have harbored both prostitutes and contraband liquor within its sturdy walls. As the...
Many thanks to Archer Koch of MultiRotorCam.com for permission to use of this video. Concrete Ships: Early Days The oldest known concrete ship was a dingy built in southe...
If you live along or visit the west coast of California you have likely seen various types of structures designed to stop the coastline from eroding. Two common ways to d...
Lake Arrowhead gets its name from the huge arrow shape emblazoned on the face of one of the mountains in the San Bernadinos in Southern California. As a child, I had alwa...
Aptly named Bowling Ball Beach (part of Schooner Gulch State Beach), the geologic wonders here are plenty and plenty strange. Low tide reveals spherical rocks, two to thr...
Santa Cruz’s cultural identity and economic well being are tied up with tourism and surfing in the beautiful Monterey Bay. Monterey Bay is an important marine ecosy...
As land dwellers we think of springtime as the time of year when animals mate and have babies. In the sea, many mammals birth their young in the thick of winter. Elephant...
Have you ever wondered why much of the Westside of Santa Cruz and all the agricultural fields just north of it are so flat, or why many of the hills climb upwards like a...
The end of the year is a good time to look forward but also to look back and reminisce. Why not look back a few hundred years while soaking in one of California’s many ho...
