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The History of Dairy in Santa Cruz

The History of Dairy in Santa Cruz

The Hidden “Collateral Damage” in Santa Cruz

The Hidden “Collateral Damage” in Santa Cruz

How Santa Cruz’s Bank of Italy Turned a New Leaf

How Santa Cruz’s Bank of Italy Turned a New Leaf

Santa Cruz’s Many Wharves: From Lime and Lumber to Ecotourism

Santa Cruz’s Many Wharves: From Lime and Lumber to Ecotourism

Elkhorn Slough: From Salt Ponds to Bird Sanctuary

Elkhorn Slough: From Salt Ponds to Bird Sanctuary

SS Palo Alto: War Ship, Night Club, Seal Hang Out, and Modern Art Hotspot

SS Palo Alto: War Ship, Night Club, Seal Hang Out, and Modern Art Hotspot

The Lighthouse at Año Nuevo Island: Shipwrecks and Sea Lions

The Lighthouse at Año Nuevo Island: Shipwrecks and Sea Lions

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  • The History of Dairy in Santa Cruz

    2016/12/15
    by The Santa Cruz Heritage Food Project
  • The Hidden “Collateral Damage” in S...

    2016/12/08
    by Alan Christy
  • How Santa Cruz’s Bank of Italy Turned a N...

    2016/12/01
    by Linda Rosewood
  • Santa Cruz’s Many Wharves: From Lime and ...

    2016/11/17
    by Ranger Gaudinski
  • Elkhorn Slough: From Salt Ponds to Bird Sanctua...

    2016/11/02
    by Ranger Lautamo
  • SS Palo Alto: War Ship, Night Club, Seal Hang O...

    2016/10/19
    by Ranger Gaudinski
  • The Lighthouse at Año Nuevo Island: Shipwrecks ...

    2016/10/12
    by Ranger Lautamo

Ghost Towns of Lexington Reservoir: Lexington

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|October 31, 2014
|in : Blog, California, Highway 17, History, Los Gatos
| (21) Comments
|56306 Views
Ghost Towns of Lexington Reservoir: Lexington
Post Updated on April 13, 2016 Thanks to the plentiful El Niño rains, in early April, Lexington Reservoir was at 69% capacity. That’s compared to 23% in February of...
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Father Quintana’s Grisly Death at Mission Santa Cruz

Posted by Ranger Whitehead
|October 29, 2014
|in : Blog, History, Santa Cruz
| (3) Comments
|16242 Views
Father Quintana’s Grisly Death at Mission Santa Cruz
In traditional accounts, ghosts are said to be souls of the deceased who seek vengeance, or are imprisoned in this world for their evil deeds. By this measure, Father And...
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Santa Cruz’s Westside: Going in Circles Since 1890

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 27, 2014
|in : Blog, History, Santa Cruz
| (4) Comments
|17882 Views
Santa Cruz’s Westside: Going in Circles Since 1890
It is easy to wax poetic about a circle. Its importance can be found in the cosmos, mathematics, and in analogies to the cycles of life, death and rebirth. Circles are ub...
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Santa Cruz’s Early Parties: The Venetian Water Carnival

Posted by Coastal Watershed Council
|October 23, 2014
|in : Blog, History, San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz
| 0 comments
|4780 Views
Santa Cruz’s Early Parties: The Venetian Water Carnival
The Venetian Water Carnival was an annual event along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz from 1895 to 1927. It was based on water carnivals in Venice, Italy. The City fa...
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Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 20, 2014
|in : Blog, California, History, Popular
| (3) Comments
|46677 Views
Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States
In terms of leaving a signature mark on the landscape the Egyptians built the pyramids, the Romans built straight roads across Europe, the Chinese the great wall. Here in...
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The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Many Memories

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 16, 2014
|in : Blog, California, Geology, History, Santa Cruz
| (15) Comments
|19950 Views
The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Many Memories
The 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake is tomorrow. The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major quake, with a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale. Sixty three de...
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The Wave Motor: Still Pumping

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 13, 2014
|in : Blog, Geology, History, Natural History, Santa Cruz, West Cliff Drive
| (4) Comments
|19817 Views
The Wave Motor: Still Pumping
Thanks to Archer Koch of MultiRotorCam.com, we are updating this story with his great aerial video of the wave motor pumping it out in February, 2015. Along West Cliff Dr...
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The Salton Sea: A Natural Lake? Sort of.

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 01, 2014
|in : Blog, California, History, Natural History
| (2) Comments
|9622 Views
The Salton Sea: A Natural Lake? Sort of.
The Salton Sink was a dry lakebed in 1904. In 1905 it accidentally began a new life as one of the modern world’s largest inland seas and California’s largest lake....
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The Santa Cruz Wharf: A Hundred Years of History

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|September 14, 2014
|in : Blog, History, Santa Cruz
| (2) Comments
|12650 Views
The Santa Cruz Wharf: A Hundred Years of History
The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf has been helping people and businesses gain access to the ocean for ten decades! Lets take a quick peek at the past and possible future of...
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From Three Bridges to an Arch

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|September 08, 2014
|in : Blog, Geology, History, Natural History, Santa Cruz, West Cliff Drive
| (1) Comment
|23607 Views
From Three Bridges to an Arch
Natural Bridges State Beach derives its name from three beautiful natural bridges that were present in the early 1900s. Today, only the middle one remains and technically...
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