Today, the Swift Street Courtyard area, in combination with the adjoining businesses off of Ingalls Street, has become a nexus for locals who like fresh local products, c...
It was in Santa Cruz, in the 1950s and ’60s, that Jack O’Neill developed the modern surfing wetsuit, which helped open surfing in cold-water locations around...
A striking 50 mile long ridge, Stanislaus Table Mountain was once a river valley – the ancestral Stanislaus River to be exact. Here is the story: Between 6-26 milli...
We all know that lighthouses were built in the eighteen and nineteen hundreds to guide ships. But what did it take to get a lighthouse built? Did fisherman throw rotting...
There has been a harbor light and foghorn at the west jetty since the harbor opened. Prior to the current lighthouse however, the structures housing them have been fairly...
Seabright Beach used to be called Castle Beach because of the castle shaped bath house that was there between 1900 and 1967. The bath house cum castle was originally buil...
Here is a little Wilder Ranch history that helps me appreciate the beautiful vistas and access to the ocean more than I might otherwise. From 1791 to 1835, all of the lan...
As a hiker in California, I always heard that Hetch Hetchy Valley was just as spectacular as Yosemite Valley before it was dammed in 1923 to provide water for San Francis...
The city of Santa Cruz just launched an anti-dog poop campaign and started with West Cliff Drive where there are currently six of these lovely signs posted. They plan to...
