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...
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...
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...
The beach area just to the west of the Santa Cruz Wharf is called Cowell Beach. It is a great beach for lying in the sun close to the Boardwalk and is a famous surfing sp...
Cover photo by Brocken Inaglory From the 1850s to the mid-1960s, Santa Cruzans wanted their town to be a center of industry and economic activity. Promotion of business a...
Along Santa cruz’s popular West Cliff Drive are some really unique features known by geo-geeks as “toilet bowls”. They are a clue to what the modern-day surf paradi...
