Did you know that Santa Cruz County has an official flag? And not surprisingly, our flag is strikingly different from any other county flags out there. It is clearly not...
As you travel around Santa Cruz, chances are, you have crossed the San Lorenzo River. In the City of Santa Cruz, there are four street crossings over the San Lorenzo Rive...
Mission Hill was home to many of Santa Cruz’s early schools. One of the earliest, Mission Hill School, was at what is today’s 133 Mission Street. In the 1860s...
Before the automobile age everyone—rich and poor—walked to work, to school, to church, to the movie house. The little town of Santa Cruz grew along a river, and the first...
It was called the “Lower Plaza” The triangle area formed by the intersection of Pacific Avenue, Mission, Front and Water Streets has been the heart of Santa C...
Tucked away in the mountains of Santa Cruz, adjacent to the UCSC campus, is a hidden treasure called Pogonip. One step into this hideaway will bring to light the sedatene...
On the University of California, Santa Cruz Campus, east of Stevenson College and across Coolidge Road, you will find one of the seven entrances to Santa Cruz’s bel...
Eggs are a staple food for many Americans but the chickens behind these protein-packed snacks are not nearly as celebrated as they once were. In the early 1900s, egg layi...
The Purisima Formation is the rock type that shapes the landscape characteristics of the central and southern Santa Cruz coast. It is present from the intersection of Swi...
The Santa Cruz Mudstone is the rock type that shapes the landscape characteristics of the northern Santa Cruz coast from the north county line through to the Westside of...
