The two tree types you mostly see along West Cliff Drive are the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and the Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). Both are often seen togeth...
Near the main entrance to the University of California, Santa Cruz lies the Cowell Lime Works Historic District. We recently wrote about about the regions lime history an...
This retaining wall and stairs are one of the distinctive features of Walnut Avenue. The Pratchner family lived at the top of these stairs and George Pratchner built the...
Before it was subdivided in the 1940s, the broad street now known as “Chrystal Terrace” was just narrow “Christal Lane” running from Mission Street to a farm house surrou...
Plate Tectonics California’s landscape is shaped in large part by plate tectonics, and in particular, the movement of the North American, Pacific, and Farallon plat...
The House of Lime Today’s Cardiff House has had many occupants over its 151 year history. Except for the University, they all have had one thing in common – t...
Gazing over the waters of Monterey Bay this week, you would be forgiven if you thought you were in the tropics. A bloom of tiny phytoplankton called coccolithophores has...
The main entrance to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) is gateway not only to a world class institution of higher learning, but also to the Cowell Lime Works...
There have been stairs going up Mission Hill from here for over 100 years. The stairs here today were built after 1964. The retaining wall, however, is considerably older...
Near the main entrance to the University of California, Santa Cruz lies the Cowell Lime Works Historic District. Lime was an essential building material in late 19th cent...
